'HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4' to Debut on Disney Channel in 2010, Franchise Returns to Small Screen

Variety is reporting that the fourth installment of "High School Musical" will return the franchise back to where it all started: the Disney Channel.

Featuring a whole new cast, "High School Musical 4" is set to begin production later this year and premiere on the Disney Channel in 2010.

Peter Barsocchini, who penned the first three installments, returns as screenwriter. Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush are also back as exec producers.

Disney Channel did not say whether Kenny Ortega would be returning as director, to read the full Variety article click here.

High School Musical premiered on Disney Channel on January 20, 2006, and became the highest rated original movie up until that time. It won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Children's Programming, and received two Emmy Awards (of its total 6 nominations), a DGA Award, an Imagen Award for Best Children's Program, and a Humanitas Prize nomination. The soundtrack received a Billboard Music Award for Soundtrack of the Year, and was nominated for an American Music Award in the Favorite Album (Pop/Rock) category. The film even earned an entry in the Guinness World Record Book as the first TV movie to deliver nine concurrent singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

High School Musical 2, the sequel to Disney's smash TV hit, premiered on the Disney Channel on August 17, 2007 and drew an estimated 17.2 million viewers on Friday night, making it the most-watched basic cable telecast ever and garnered the most tween viewership ever.

High School Musical 3 opened in theaters nation wide on October 24th, 2008 and . For more information please visit www.disney.com.

 

 

 

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