May 6, 2008
Fresh from the High School Musical 3 press conference on Friday, the cast of the highly successful made-for-TV movie headed out to Utah to shoot their third installment, which will hit the big screen for the first time this October. During the press conference, the cast talked about some major developments in the plot and characters of the third movie, which will follow the Wild Cats in their last year in high school.
Vanessa Hudgens, who plays squeaky clean and super sweet Gabriella Montez since High School Musical's debut in January 2006, says that the third movie is “the last chapter for the Wildcats.” Nonetheless, she says it's good to be back in Utah, as it definitely “feels like home—being back here with everyone, it's amazing.”
May 2, 2008
October 24th, 2008 can't come soon enough for High School Musical fans. That's the day that the third installment of the wildly successful movie hits the big screen nationwide. This morning, the cast members, along with director/choreographer Kenny Ortega, gathered together for a press conference. The press tried to sneak in a question about the Miley Cyrus photo scandal, but Vanessa Hudgens refused to weigh in and kept them focused on the subject at hand: their upcoming movie. The poster for HSM3 was revealed and the cast members chatted away about how excited they were to get to work on their last film together.
April 29, 2008
This past Sunday, a massive crowd gathered in Long Beach, California to audition for High School Musical: Summer Session. Teens from many different states, from Wisconsin to Washington, got in line for their chance to get on the show. High School Musical: Summer Session show will air on ABC this summer and will be hosted by Nick Lachey. The winner of the show will get to be a part of the High School Musical franchise, though the exact prize has yet to be announced. The show opted to have only two massive casting calls, as opposed to a nationwide search, with stops in several cities. An upcoming audition will be held a week from tomorrow in Orlando.
April 27, 2008
Don’t get too attached to the name, High School Musical: Summer Session. When ABC released some information about the upcoming reality competition series, they said that it was just a working title. Might I suggest, High School Musical: Bop To The Top? Well, I liked it! This week, Nick Lachey was named the host of the new television show. Lachey is an ideal host, having been part of a successful boy band that won over millions of fans in the late 1990s. Last year, he won NBC’s Clash of The Choirs and wrote an original song for the television movie, Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom’s For One More Day.
April 22, 2008
Imagine if your school asked you who you would most like to see in concert. You could choose anybody you wanted. Imagine that you wanted to see High School Musical stars live and in person and your school actually listened to you! That’s exactly what happened in the Penncrest school district in Pennsylvania. In two separate polls, Vanessa Hudgens and Corbin Bleu were at the top of the list. The two have agreed to perform at the Crawford County Fair this August in Meadville, PA.
April 19, 2008
Fans of High School Musical already know that Nintendo has released a few games based on the popular movie series. In the Nintendo DS game, High School Musical: Making The Cut, the six friends at East High travel around the country to win the America’s Best Amateur Musical award. In the Nintendo Wii game, High School Musical: Sing It, which was nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award this year, players get to sing along with their favorite High School Musical songs. The better a player performs, the more they can unlock. This Tuesday, a new game will hit stores based on High School Musical 2.
April 15, 2008
Zac Efron has a lot of movie projects on his plate this year. But before fans get to see the 20-year-old actor in High School Musical 3: Senior Year and in Me and Orson Welles, he'll be gracing the silver screen this summer as part of the film 17 Again.
As reported previously, 17 Again is a Big-like comedy film from New Line Cinema starring Matthew Perry (Friends). In the movie, Efron plays a younger version of Perry's character Mike O'Donnell as he gets transported back to his 17-year-old body.
April 13, 2008
While Zac Efron is grateful for the doors that High School Musical has opened for him, he seems anxious to break away from his character, Troy Bolton, and try his hand at other projects. He has already played heartthrob Link Larkin in the big screen version of Hairspray and has several other movies on the way. He will star in Seventeen Again, playing a young version of Matthew Perry. Later in the year, he will appear in Me and Orson Welles, as part of a star studded cast. Rumor has it that Efron could next be seen playing gay twins in an upcoming movie.