Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Sharpay, Chad, and Taylor are back along with the rest of the Wildcats for Disney’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year. They return bigger than ever, literally. This time they move from the small home screen to the big theater screen.

The first High School Musical movie introduced the students of East High, merging the lives of Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) and Troy (Zac Efron) and friends Chad (Corbin Bleu) and Taylor (Monique Coleman) with the lives of popular duo Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) and Ryan (Lucas Grabeel). As Troy and Gabriella’s relationship (which started outside the school while they were on vacation) grew to more than a crush they secretly battled for the lead roles of the school’s musical against brother and sister duo played by Tisdale and Grabeel. The film’s ultimate theme of breaking out of the status quo and being your own person was the beginning of the High School Musical phenomenon.

The first film debuted with a massive 7.8 million viewers. The soundtrack became the #1 album of 2006 and the success instantly spawned a sequel, an Ice Show, a concert tour and numerous stage productions of the film in High School’s across the world.

In the second movie installment, the crew works and plays during their summer vacation, and all of them ultimately get together to compete in Sharpay and Ryan’s family’s country club’s talent show. As Sharpay connives her way to victory, both in the talent show and her quest to steal Troy from Gabriella, she manages to dismantle the love relationship between the young couple. Troy becomes a stranger to his friends as he gets promoted starts focusing more on his future then his present, and forgets what the Wildcats’ motto, “We’re All In This Together”, is all about.

The second film debuted with a staggering 17.2 million viewers, more then doubling the first films record breaking success. Numerous songs from the film made their way into the music charts and the album was a huge success.

Now that the singing and dancing students of East High approach their senior year, the struggles of life after high school are running through their minds. They choose to create a spring musical to showcase their experiences and what they hope and fear for their future. Will the friendships be separated? Are Troy and Gabriella going to be able to stay together as their lives go in different directions? Find out for yourself as High School Musical 3: Senior Year hits theaters on October 24th.

Although this might be one of the final movies with the original cast, all actors are moving on to other projects…

Zac Efron will play Mike O’Donnell, a man who gets to change his life by going back in time, in the movie 17 Again. His character will also be played, as an adult, by Matthew Perry from “Friends” and will be released sometime in 2009. His film Me and Orson Welles just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and he was also rumored to be starring in the remake of the hit 80’s film Footloose

Vanessa Hudgens released her sophomore album “Identified” on June 24th, 2008 and will be starring as Sam in the movie Bandslam out in April of 2009. The film also stars former Disney star Alyson Michalka and Lisa Kudrow. Vanessa is also a spokesperson for Neutrogena.

Ashley Tisdale also moves to the big screen with her movie They Came From Upstairs being released in February of 2009. Ashley plays Bethany Pearson in this movie about kids saving their parents from aliens, all before bedtime. She recently starred in the TV movie Picture This You can still catch Tisdale in reruns of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” and the voice of Candace in “Phineas and Ferb” on the Disney channel.

Lucas Grabeel will be acting alongside big names such as James Franco, Emile Hirsch, and Sean Penn in the movie Milk out December 5th, 2008. He also stars in The Adventures of Food Boy and appears in the films Lock and Roll Forever and Release.

Corbin Bleu plays Cale Bryant in the movie Free Style about a kid who is determined to get a spot on the Grand National racing team. He is currently touring for his album.

Make sure to “Getcha Head in the Game” and catch the whole Wildcats’ student body in theaters this October.

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