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Wildcats everywhere wave your hands up in the air because a High School Musical 4is officially in the works — and what’s even more exciting is that you can audition for it!
According to the Hollywood Reporter,a nationwide casting search for the film’s new stars began on Tuesday. (Open casting information is available here). The forthcoming moviewill focus on a new group of students at East High along with their rivals, theWest High Knights.
'HSM' original stars Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Zac Efron and Ashley Tisdale Photo: WireImage
The exciting announcement for the franchise’sfourth film comes a decade after the original Disney Channel Movie premiered,which launched the careers of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens.
Jeffrey Hornaday, who directed Disney Channel's TeenBeach Movie and Teen Beach 2, is set to direct and choreograph thenew movie, while Peter Barsocchini who wrote all three High SchoolMusical films will return to write the script, along with DanBerendsen (Hannah Montana: The Movie).
On Tuesday, Disney Channel's Worldwide President andCCO Gary Marsh said in a statement, "High School Musicalis part of Disney Channel's DNA.”
He continued, "It embodies all that we standfor. As a way of continuing to embrace that heritage, we're excited to announce'the start of something new' as we launch a search for a new class of East HighWildcats to star in a fourth installment of the 'High School Musical'franchise."
No word on when the upcoming installment will air or if original cast members will return, but star Zac admitted earlier this year, "[The High School Musical extravaganza has] become the coolest thing that I’ve ever [been] a part of.”