Category — High School Musical

If you missed the news, rehearsals have commenced for High School Musical: Senior Year and filming is set to begin in April on the third and final (? – Vanessa doesn’t think so) movie of The Disney Channel’s breakout hit.

A huge casting search has found three new young stars to join the cast of HSM3 as sophomore "Wildcats" – Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, and Jemma McKenzie-Brown got the call.

GossipGirls note the busy schedule that these future stars will be keeping as fame calls. Just look at Ashley Tisdale’s life.

Meanwhile Zac Efron appeared on Access Hollywood and he talks about his decision to return to the High School Musical franchise for the fans sake.

Remember HSM3 is going to skip The Disney Channel and open in regular movie theaters this time around. Opening day is October 24, 2008. News on the premiere as soon as I hear it, I promise.

Finally, someone has collected a few pictures of Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale (with her dog Maui) and Lucas Grabeel arriving for rehearsals for High School Musical 3 and put them in a video. I’ve embedded it below the cut for you.

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And now the moment you’ve all be waiting for. The chance to star along side the cast of High School Musical in the third film.  Send your headshot and resume to the addresses below then keep your fingers crossed.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Production is set to begin late March / early April 2008.
**Please submit by mail only. No personal drop-offs**
Casting Information:

Jason LaPadura
LaPadura/Hart Casting
100 Universal City Plaza
MT 6149
Universal City CA 91608

Production Company:

Disney Channel in association with:

Salty Pictures, Inc.
4080 S West Temple
Salt Lake City UT 84107

and

First Street Films
120 Broadway Ave., 2nd Fl.
90401 Santa Monica
California, USA.

Executive Producers: Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush and Don Schain
Director: Kenny Ortega
Filming Location: Various locations in and around Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah

Starring:
Zac Efron – Troy Bolton
Vanessa Anne Hudgens – Gabriella Montez
Ashley Tisdale – Sharpay Evans
Lucas Grabeel – Ryan Evans
Monique Coleman – Taylor McKessie
Corbin Bleu – Chad Danforth

Story: Troy and Gabriella head off to college in different directions, and the musical wonderment escalates to a whole new level. Along with the other Wildcats, they will reflect their experiences, hopes and fears regarding their future.

(via the Acting Info blog)

It’s time to get your head in the game as Disney has announced that the cast of High School Musical has been reunited for the third film in the series. Instead of debuting on The Disney Channel, like the previous two films, this installment will go direct to theaters hoping to capitalize on the fans desire to see the characters they love experience their senior year.

Alas, there is a rumor going around that the failure of the studios to negotiate in good faith with the writer’s guide may affect production on the third film. So it’s a question if they’ll be able to meet the release date of October 24th.

That said, the star status of a few members of the cast continue to rise. In particular Zac Efron’s star appears to be climbing the highest. This month he’s featured on the cover of Details magazine with an article that dishes on some of what it’s like to be him. He seems to be really down to earth, actually. I just hope they don’t make him do one of those "Sound Of Music" songs again in the third film.

Remember how people said if you put on Pink Floyd’s The Wall Dark Side Of The Moon and synchronize it with The Wizard of Oz, the songs and scenes line up perfectly? Now someone has done the same trick with High School Musical 2 and The Sound Of Music. Well, at least one song of it. Zac Efron singing "Bet On It" lines up amazingly well with "The Sound Of Music".

Come on, tell you you didn’t think the same thing when you saw this scene in the movie the first time.

Btw, there is also a sync of Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Disney’s Alice in Wonderland.

Looks like final negotiations are winding down between the cast of High School Musical and The Walt Disney Company. Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale are rumored to be signing deals for substantial increases with the rest of the cast, including Zac Efron, following shortly. Yes, I said Vanessa Hudgens is back for High School Musical 3. See, I told you there was nothing to worry about.

Of course, now they have to worry about the writer’s strike. The distance between the two sides is wide as the Grand Canyon and doesn’t look to be drawing any closer. Might be 6 months or more before Hollywood is back to active production.

(Link) – Thanks Whit!

The Press Association reports on comments from Corbin Bleu that he and his fellow co-starts of the hit Disney Channel movie High School Musical are still negotiating with Disney over their appearances in the third film which will be the first theatrical release of the series.

When asked if he was holding out for more money, the actor [Corbin Bleu] joked: "Well I think that everybody’s fighting for what’s fair."

Disney had better kick the quality of the film up a notch if it’s going to the big screen. That means more money all around, which includes the actors. Of course, we’re not talking Tom Cruise money here. The actors need to be reasonable too. So we’ll see what happens. (Read)

It’s been going around again that Vanessa Hudgens is out of the theatrical release "High School Musical 3"?

Don’t you believe it. Disney isn’t cutting the throat of it’s cash cow any time soon. Hudgens would have to do something else egregious before Disney would be forced to take action.

According to the Orlando Sentinel’s TV Guy, the Disney Channel says reports of her dismissal were unfounded rumors. I don’t think they’re lying to us.

Vanessa Hudgens, star of Disney’s High School Musical films, is in the news again. This time she is being sued by a lawyer who claims she owes him money. Promised 5 percent of her profits, her lawyer is now suing for $150,000 dollars. This probably would not have even made the news had Hudgens not had that other little indiscretion. So far, Disney continues to stand by their starlet who they say have apologized.