'High School Musical' Gang Talks Sequel Pressure, East High's New Class Before Starting 'Senior Year'

It's a sequel to two of the most successful cable movies of all time — a one-off that became a franchise that became a veritable license to print money for Disney and stars like Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens. So now that "High School Musical" is making its first trip to the big screen with the series' third installment, the talent behind the toe-tapping tale must be feeling the pressure to succeed big time, right?

"We're not," star Monique Coleman casually told reporters during a recent press conference the day before filming began on "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." "We're making another movie. I know, personally, I'm not going in there tempted to do it better, but just to do it justice."

"It's hard to look at it as a pressure, because we've been looking forward to this for so long," Efron echoed. "We're not looking to top anything." ... Read the full article at MTV Online.

Filming High School Musical 3 starts Saturday at East High

Posted: 3:01 PM- The word "action" will kick-start the new "High School Musical" sequel as the cast and crew of the hit Disney Channel franchise starts filming Saturday at East High School in Salt Lake City. Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu have reassembled with the rest of the cast and three new cast members for "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," which will be filmed mostly at the school as well as other Salt Lake County locations. This time, the film is scheduled to open in theaters on Oct. 24 instead of on television.
... Read the full article at The Salt Lake Tribune Online.