Since the High School Musical franchise seemed to peter out and the clones (Band Slam, Camp Rock etc) all flopped, it looked like we might never see High School Musical 4 featuring some of the younger cast carrying the torch.
But now Ashley Tisday is returning to the fold to reprise her role as Sharpay Evans in Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.
Ashley will exec produce as well as star in the bound-for-Broadway tale (who arrived in Midtown Manhattan as a recent winner of So You Think You’re America’s Most Talented Performing Idol). Written by Robert Horn (producer of Broadway’s 13 and writer/producer of Designing Women), the pic has Barry Rosenbush and Bill Borden (both of the High School Musical movies) also exec producing. Filming starts this summer.
I love the irony that in the film, Sharpay will be coming off the success of a ridiculously titled reality TV talent show in a desperate attempt to salvage Ashley Tisdale’s career.
She has done well with her music career certifying her album as Gold, but still the biggest success she has had is with the High School Musical movies.
I imagine this will be targeted at the Disney Channel crowd of tweens, but the music was just so damned catchy in the franchise that I might be forced to check this out.
You know…. for my kids.
Ashley Tisdale is such a great actress. She is a very talented woman. She is the perfect person to star in High School Musical 4. She is also a great singer. In all three of the high school musicals so far, I loved her music and I usually listen to the soundtacks from these movies. The beat of her music is so catchy that you cannot turn the music off. High School Musical 4 seems like it is going to be a really interesting movie, especially because Ashley Tisdale is starring in it. Her character, Sharpay, is rude. She is nice in actual person. She is very great at acting in these musicals. She has a really good career. Asley Tisdale is such a great actress and singer that I usually watch and listen to the sondtracks and movies because she stars in it. I am very excited and can’t wait for High School Musical 4.
Rodney, shame on you :-(
band slam was a high school musical clone???
Despite having never watched the third movie and not really enjoying the first two very much – I am not ashamed to say I own (and listen to somewhat-frequently) the soundtracks for all 3 movies. Bad movies, catchy songs.
touche