High School Musical 2 Coming Soon
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High School Musical 2 is the sequel to the Emmy Award winning Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. High School Musical 2 is set to debut on Disney Channel on August 17, 2007 and on Disney Channel Asia on September 9, 2007. It is the first DCOM to have commercials on ABC.
Plot
Over summer vacation, the East High Wildcats are ready to enjoy their vacation and earn some money at summer jobs. Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) lands a job at the country club, Lava Springs, not knowing that his job is a part of Sharpay Evans’s (Ashley Tisdale) plan to steal him from Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens). Accidentally foiling Sharpay’s plot, Troy not only helps Gabriella get a job as a lifeguard, but also lands jobs for Chad (Corbin Bleu), Taylor (Monique Coleman), Zeke (Chris Warren Jr), Martha (Kaycee Stroh), Kelsi (Olesya Rulin), Jason (Ryne Sanborn) and the rest of his Wildcat teammates.
Making it worse, Sharpay finds out Kelsi has written a duet for Troy and Gabriella that’s sure to outperform everyone at the club’s annual Midsummer Night’s Talent Show. Reminded of her humiliation in winter musical, Sharpay is determined not to suffer a repeat and forms her own campaign to make sure she’s not upstaged again. As they go head to head, Troy is enjoying the life of the privileged set, and begins to question his values.
Cast
• 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 Nielsen
• Chris Warren Jr. as Zeke Baylor
• Kaycee Stroh as Martha Cox
• Ryne Sanborn as Jason Cross
• Bart Johnson as Jack Bolton
Soundtrack
Main article: High School Musical 2 Soundtrack
Production
Before rehearsal began, Disney’s High School Musical site put up a poll for what the viewers want to see in High School Musical 2. Due to that voting, Miley Cyrus will have a cameo appearance in the movie.
In early February, 2007, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Vanessa Anne Hudgens were reported to be holding out for a more lucrative contract. Disney Channel representatives claimed rehearsals would begin on schedule, and by February 19th, the entire cast was on set and rehearsing in St. George and Salt Lake City, Utah.[4] The cast wrapped up filming on April 13, 2007 and have since returned home.
In the first released trailer, the main cast is shown counting down the seconds until summer break. In a teaser, the trailer asks “Are you ready… for the start of something new?” before showing the High School Musical 2 logo along with the Disney Channel logo. An ad campaign, asking viewers to email their friends about the site to reveal a new poster, was also shown. Early scenes of the movie can be seen during the video for What Time Is It?
Kenny Ortega confirmed that the singing voice of Troy Bolton will be Zac Efron only and not blended with the voice of Drew Seeley as in the first movie. This is to avoid criticism that arose from the first movie and Efron’s absence from the Concert Tour.
Release information
Disney Channel has announced in one of its TV commercials that it will air a program called Road to High School Musical 2 starting on June 8, 2007. The weekly program, leading up to the premiere of High School Musical 2 in August, offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look into the production of the movie. The World Premiere of the music video What Time Is It? was shown on Saturday June 9th.
