High School Musical 3: Senior Year

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High School Musical 3:Senior Year

High School Musical 3: Senior Year will be the third installment in Disney's popular High School Musical franchise. It is scheduled for a theatrical release on October 24, 2008. Kenny Ortega returns as director and choreographer and so do all six primary actors.^[2]^[3]

Plot
Now high school seniors, Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) are facing the prospect of being separated from each other as they go off in different directions when graduating from East High. Joined by the rest of their Wildcat friends, including Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel), Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu), and Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about the future.

Casting

An international casting call went out to find three new "Wildcats" sophomore. This resulted in the casting of Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, and Jemma McKenzie-Brown. Commenting on the announcement, Ortega said, "Peter Barsocchini's exciting script for 'High School Musical 3' called for the addition of three sophomore characters, so we set out on a massive casting search across North America and England to find just the right young actors to play the parts. We think these talented performers will bring lots of humor, new twists, and musical fun to the film. Jemma was one of the many young actresses that we met in London, and she impressed us with her singing and dancing, in addition to being very exciting and effervescent. Matt has a terrific personality, and a great sense of comedy and fun. And Justin had a great presence and charisma, besides being a wonderful comedic actor who could really dance. I am confident that the three new actors joining our original cast will help to bring great musical thrills, surprises and a lot of fun to Senior Year and the halls of East High."^[4]

Returning cast

Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans
Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth
Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie
Olesya Rulin as Kelsi Nielsen
Ryne Sanborn as Jason Cross
Chris Warren, Jr. as Zeke Baylor
Kaycee Stroh as Martha Cox
Alyson Reed as Ms. Darbus
Bart Johnson as Jack Bolton
Leslie Wing as Lucille Bolton

New cast members

Jemma McKenzie-Brown as Tiara Gold^[4]
Matt Prokop as Jimmie Zara^[4]
Justin Martin as Donny Fox^[4]

Soundtrack

The motion picture soundtrack will be released on October 21, 2008.^[5] The first single from the soundtrack, "Now Or Never", debuted on Radio Disney on July 11, 2008.^[6] The "Now Or Never" music video, debuted on Disney Channel on July 30, 2008. The second single from the soundtrack, "I Want It All" debuted on Radio Disney on August 15, 2008.^[7] The music video for "I Want It All" premiered on Friday, August 22, 2008 during the premiere of The Cheetah Girls: One World.