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. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, including Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel), Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu), Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman), and others, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes, and fears about the future.

Cast

Returning

• 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 Nielson
• 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

In February 2007, Disney announced plans for a 2008 feature film sequel with a Halloween theme dubbed “Haunted High School Musical.” In September of 2007, Disney announced that they had scrapped plans for the Halloween theme and instead will focus on the senior year of key characters at East High. According to Yahoo news, the original writer from the first two films, Peter Barsocchini, is writing the script for the third part in the High School Musical series. The original producers and director/choreographer Kenny Ortega are also on board. Ortega confirmed this to Access Hollywood.

Zac Efron was quoted in People Magazine as saying, “I can tell you that if the script is good and if we all agree on a final script, then there’s nothing that is going to hold us back from doing it. We have fun making these movies and that’s very rare in this business.”