ROTTEN TOMATOES: High School Musical Cast Enters Senior Year

High School Musical Cast Enters Senior Year

Singin', dancin' Disney kids coming to a theater near you.

by Jeff Giles | January 16, 2008

The first two installments in the series left some critics feeling nostalgic for Spice World (or even Disorderlies), but they earned Disney crazy money -- so it should come as no surprise that the studio has announced High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

Disney isn't messing around this time, either -- according to a press release distributed by the studio, HSM 3 will do a knee slide right past the Disney Channel and head directly for the big screen. You thought your daughters' screams were ear-piercing when Zac Efron and the gang showed up on your television? Oh, just you wait.

Wondering what Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman will be up to during Senior Year? Read on:

"High School Musical 3: Senior Year" finds high school seniors Troy and Gabriella facing the prospect of being separated from one another as they head off in different directions to college. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about their future. With incredible new music and exciting dance numbers designed to take maximum advantage of the big screen, this motion picture extravaganza delivers plenty of high-energy entertainment from East High's talented ensemble.

The third High School Musical arrives under the weight of serious expectations, both from Disney -- which has reaped the benefits of the first two installments' record-setting viewership -- and an ailing music industry, for whom the soundtrack albums have been among the few bright spots of 2006-07. Though the press release doesn't mention a release date, production on High School Musical 3 is scheduled to begin this spring.

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spaceman167 writes:
on Jan 16 2008 05:30 AM

2 films were too many, now a 3rd? just kill me now!

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Gimy writes:
on Jan 16 2008 05:38 AM

these movies are so gay they should come with KY and an HIV test

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DennisBrighton writes:
on Jan 16 2008 05:43 AM

ball

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OperaGhost21 writes:
on Jan 16 2008 06:43 AM

I will now quote Wash from Serenity:

"Do we care? Are we caring about that now?"

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AquaFina writes:
on Jan 16 2008 08:19 AM

I care only in that this will no doubt instill in my female relatives, both young and old, a renewed sense of obligation to sing without interruption every musical number from the previous two films.

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Jdchristensen writes:
on Jan 16 2008 09:58 AM

So does this mean that they're gonna follow the kids all the way through college, adult years, retirement, etc.?

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h-town24 writes:
on Jan 16 2008 10:33 AM

Why print this?! No one on Rotten Tomatoes cares!

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Jan 16 2008 10:44 AM

Senior Year eh, that be ausome if they made this completely nuts with a Hard R rating. Dont judge me, its senior year. That be funny if it has a bunch of language,drugs, and excedera excedera. It's senior year they just cant hold hands any more they gotta take it to the next level, this time they gotta hug (OH YEAH). Am I right or am I right?

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rockster11 writes:
on Jan 16 2008 11:36 AM

Its only natural, it will make millions... Now at least my daugher cant have her 10 friends that she had here when HSM2 came out...

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Jan 16 2008 12:00 PM

In reply to this comment (#1474954)
have you guys actually watched the movies, I havent, but if you guys have then.. uhhhh

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FCBarcelona writes:
on Jan 16 2008 12:08 PM

I'm looking for College Musical 1.

You know, when a few cast members drop dead from alcohol poisoning and/or drug overdoses. Then there will be the few that have the whole, "Mom, dad, I think I'm gay." songs with the whole dance number featuring Neil Patrick Harris. Don't forget the girls and dudes that are gonna be required to gain like 30lbs to reflect the daily diet of cigarettes, very cheap beer, double-cheeseburgers at 2am, and buffet cafeteria food.

I think that at least 2 of the girls should get pregnant in HSM3 and feature Jamie Lynn Spears for the dance number. But that's just me.

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arcadefire325 writes:
on Jan 16 2008 03:49 PM

oh crap.

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cuteview writes:
on Jan 16 2008 05:31 PM

Sounds so freakin' LAME...I much rather watch a Mexican Soap on Univision than this...at least someone will get bit$h slapped at one point...

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bvenj writes:
on Jan 16 2008 07:37 PM

I didn't even notice that I watched HSM2.

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