High School Musical as we know is an Emmy Award Winning TV Film, it’s said that it was the first ever Disney Channel Original Movie to be broadcast on the BBC on December 29, 2006. On the 16th August 2007 ratings went slightly up to 6.0 million viewers. The success was followed with High School Musical 2 which was released in 2007 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year is in production and is scheduled to be released in 2008. High School Musical 4 has been announced to be in the writing stages.
So let’s go back to how it all started. High School Musical is a story about two high school juniors Troy Bolton aka Zac Efron who is the captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez aka Vanessa Hudgens who is a shy transfer student who excels in math and science. And eventually they get together.
High School Musical 2 is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical and it debuted on the 17th August 2007 on Disney Channel in the U.S. The premiere brought in a total of 17.3 million viewers in the United States that’s almost 10 million more than the first one making it, at the time, the highest-rated basic-cable broadcast in U.S. history.
In HSM 2 the summer brings excitement to the Wildcats as they go over their plans for their break from school. Troy Bolton stresses over getting a job, with the price of college looming on his mind, as well as trying to make sure he and Gabriella Montez are able to stay together all summer.
Now there is High School Musical 3: Senior Year which is due to hit our screens on the 24th October 2008. Now high school seniors, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are facing the prospect of being separated from each other as they go off in different directions.
Now we all thought that this would be the last one but Disney has confirmed that a 4th High School Musical is in the pipeline. Disney Channel Worldwide President Rich Ross confirmed the news to MTV, saying: “We are writing High School Musical 4. Are we going to have all the cast back? Probably not. Will we have some of them? I hope so.”
There is one major problem with HSM 4 and that is Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale will not be in it according to reports. With out them in it will HSM be the same?