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Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
1. Debuting on Disney Channel on Jan. 23, 1999, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century was the sixth Disney Channel Original movie to be released following Northern Lights, Under Wraps, You Lucky Dog, Brink! and Halloweentown.
2. Say morning glorious to the story that started it all. That’s right, the film was inspired by the 1996 book Zenon: Girl of the Twenty-First Century by Marilyn Sadler.
3. The commander of this ship—a.k.a. the movie’s director—was Kenneth Johnson, whose other work includes the DCOM Don’t Look Under the Bed, the TV show The Bionic Woman and the sci-fi franchise Alien Nation.
4. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century is set in the year 2049. Ready for a shock major? That’s only 25 years away!