[Via EW.com...]
Boy Meets World fans, meet your Girl: EW has
exclusively learned that 11-year-old Rowan Blanchard will play the
daughter of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel) in the
Disney Channel spin-off of Boy Meets World, titled Girl Meets World.
The Los Angeles-based actress — with credits in Spy Kids: All the Time in World in 4D and The Back-up Plan
— was just notified tonight that she’d be playing the part of Cory and
Topanga’s daughter Riley Matthews after a nationwide casting search.
“As soon as Rowan walked into the room, I was reminded of why Ben
Savage was loved as Cory Matthews,” says Michael Jacobs, who’s producing
the Girl Meets World pilot. “Rowan is real and accessible and I
am hopeful this girl is about to meet a world that will love growing up
with her as well.”
It should be stressed, however, that the return to World is still a ways away: The pilot for Girl Meets World is set to begin production next month. If it gets greenlit to series (which is all but assured), expect this Girl to find her place on Disney Channel’s 2013-14 schedule.