The original Degrassi: TNG kids hit Tinseltown

DeGrassi's Marco and Paige

Like Frankie and S Club 7 before them, Degrassi Goes Hollywood is a new feature film coming to The N this summer.

Read on, eh?

If, like me, you're having a hard time learning the names of all the new kids on Degrassi: The Next Generation — let's see, there's the smart nerd with Asperger's, the gay football player with 'roid rage, that gawky Asian girl I call Sandra N. (because she's not yet Sandra Oh), and the pretty boy who won't have sex, just to name a few — you'll be thrilled that everyone's favorite characters from the early years of the Canadian teen soap are coming back.

The N has started airing promos for Degrassi Goes Hollywood, featuring the L.A. adventures of everyone's favorite gay Toronto teen Marco (played by out actor Adamo Ruggiero), as well as Paige, Craig, Manny and the rest of the bunch.

Here's the official synopsis provided by the network:

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are back!  But this time, the Degrassi gang ventures to L.A. via school bus and plane to score parts in Mewesical High, a fictional musical directed by Jason Mewes.

Paige, personal assistant to The Shores reality star Hailey Montel, understands that in life you work from the ground up, but when Hollywood hands Paige a shortcut to fame and fortune, she gratefully jumps at the opportunity.  Is so much success so soon too much for Paige to handle?  And can her closest friends Marco and Ellie save her from herself? Of course, Ellie is distracted by a chance encounter with her long-term crush and L.A. resident, Craig. 

Back at Smithdale University, Manny has immersed herself in her theatre program and is committed to becoming an "actor of substance".  Unfortunately, she's also dating her pretentious controlling professor.  Manny, the star of Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh?, blows an opportunity to star in Mewes' feature.  Can she break free from her professor's hold and find her fun self again?

With past love Jay at the wheel, Manny and the high school gang drive across the country, on a journey to get Manny's mojo back.  Will Manny make it to L.A. on time to claim the role she knows she deserves?  Or will high school nemesis Paige be standing in the way of her dream?  Swimming pools, movie stars and sunshine —Degrassi style.  

And if all that weren't enough, the movie also offers cameos by Kelly Clarkson (yay), Perez Hilton (oy), Pete Wentz (whatever), Vivica A. Fox (hot) and Cassadee (who?).

The N is being cagey about when Degrassi Goes Hollywood will air, but when we know, you'll know.