To answer the question about Ali, Dan Wiley one of the people in the LBT offfices told me, Jason, Aria, her mum and her friend we met on the day we went to Universal.
I talked to him about Ali having a effect that should come back into LBT and he said to me and this is what I remember
there will be charcaters from the LBT movies making a reappearance in the series
and when I asked about Ali being one he I think if I remember right said something around this line
I believe so that Ali will be in it
Not sure if that right or not to what he told me but that the
VERY best I can give you guys, don't get false hope with this information cause it
MIGHT be wrong