Now before you go and judge me, I have kids. This is why I know about this movie. But I am also a sucker for a catchy tune and I have to confess that I secretly like the High School Musical series of films. But all things do come to an end… unless you make $250m on the third movie (and also the first in theaters) so now we find out they are making a Highschool Musical 4 – just not in theaters.
Yahoo gives us the premise:
HSM4 will return to the cable channel where HSM and HSM2 kicked off the global phenomenon. The premise is described in a Disney statement as, “East meets West in a classic love triangle set against the crosstown school rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West High Knights.”
At the end of High School Musical 3, all the main cast members were moving on to different schools and an era was ending. So the all star cast that all got their start on High School Musical are also branching out into new gigs and will not be returning. The only logical member would be Ashley Tisdale’s character. At the end of HSM3 she announced she is studying theater at a local University and returning to be a Teachers Assistant to help run the drama department. No word on if she will be in this sequel.
So this will introduce a whole new generation of East High students will be meeting up with some new faces from the West High class and a new budding romance for teens to gush over between Twilight movies.
I think it is wise to return to the small screen for this chapter to see if the characters catch on as well as the first round did. I do also like that they are trying to mix up the storyline instead of just rehashing the same dynamic and same plot with a new cast hoping to duplicate the success of the first one.