Ashley Tisdale Slashes HSM4 Rumors!

There have been rumors floating around the web that there will be a High School Musical 4 in which Troy and Gabriella reunite during their sophomore year of college! Ashley Tisdale confirmed in a recent interview on “The Billy Bush Show” that if there were to be a High School Musical 4 the current cast would not be involved.

“I heard they’re going to do a ‘High School Musical 4,’ but we have nothing to do with it,” she said. “I think we’re all doing other projects and moving on.”

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HSM3 Trailer Launching July 13th

The High School Musical 3 trailer will debut on Disney Channel in the U.S. July 13 at 7:55pm Eastern/Pacific time, right before a showing of Camp Rock.

Zac and Vanessa will host the event and the trailer will include the song Now or Never and brand new footage from High School Musical 3 which will be released October 24, 2008.

The new song, Now or Never will debut Friday, July 11 at 7:15pm ET on Radio Disney. The soundtrack for High School Musical 3 will be out October 21, 2008.

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Ashley Tisdale in Teen Witch

From Zap2it

Tisdale will take the Robyn Lively role from the 1989 film “Teen Witch” in which an unpopular girl discovers she’s descended from the Salem witches and then uses her powers to get back at the snobby girls that shunned her and to win the heart of the captain of the football team.

Ashley Tisdale will be playing the role originated by Gossip Girl Blake Lively’s older sister. This makes perfect sense to me, because as I recall the original film the lead girl wanted the lead in the school play and it was a pseudo musical, so it’s really not that far from the High School Musical mold. Will this movie work outside the 80’s? Only time will tell.

High School Musical 3

The whole High School Musical gang will be in theaters this fall with High School Musical 3: Senior Year opening October 24. Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman are all set to return for the final High School Musical sequel.

Kenny Ortega will be back to direct HSM3 and will center around their senior year and the prospect of Troy and Gabriella going away to different colleges. The drama will of course be combined with preparation for the spring musical!

HSM TV, DVD player, and iPod Dock

There are some new High School Musical gadgets out, and if you ask me they’re totally cute! First up is the High School Musical TV. It’s a 15″ LCD tv with a red school locker theme. The lockers seem to open up so you can store the remote. It’s going for $284.99 on Amazon and in the Status Quo Shop. It’s also been seen at Costco, and I would expect to find it in Target stores soon.

The High School Musical DVD Player is the perfect companion to the tv. It has the same red locker theme and stands upright. The locker door opens to reveal the dvd. You’ll be able to get it for $69.99

Finally, the High School Musical iPod Dock/Clock Radio would be the pefect edition to any fan’s room. There is an ipod dock inside the red locker door that fits most ipods, but it also has an aux in jack. That means you can plug in any music player that you can plug headphones into. There’s also a clock with an alarm feature and AM/FM radio. Pick up this great gadget for $59.99.

You can find all three new gadgets featured here and more in the new Gadget Section of the Status Quo Shop.

High School Musical 2 on DVD and Blu-Ray

The release date for High School Musical 2 on DVD has just been announced. High School Musical 2 will be released on DVD December 11, 2007. For the first time ever, High School Musical 2 will also be released on Blu-Ray disc. For those of you who aren’t sure, Blu-Ray disc is one of the new high definition disc formats on the market. Blu-Ray discs only play in a Blu-Ray player, so if you get the movie on Blu-Ray be sure you have a player for it (just like a DVD won’t play in a regular CD player).

The DVD is called High School Musical 2: Extended Edition and it features an all new, never before seen musical number; the song that Troy and Sharpay rehears but never perform. You’ll recognize Humuhumunukunukua’pua’a from the bonus track on the CD, performed with Ryan rather than Troy.

High School Musical: Extended Edition special features include

• Sing Along with High School Musical 2 – On screen lyrics for all the songs from the movie let viewers join in with their favorite stars
• High School Musical Karaoke – Anyone can be a star with this interactive, highly entertaining bonus feature
• Rehearsal Cam – An unprecedented opportunity to watch the rehearsal footage in sync with the movie.
• Bloopers – Nobody’s perfect and that’s half the fun! Watch as the movie’s stars try to cover their hilarious missteps.
• Music Videos – Including a performance by popular Canadian artist Nikki Yanovsky singing “Gotta Go My Own Way” in French and English.

High School Musical 2: Extended Edition is now available for pre-order

HSM2 Dance Along Announced!

The original High School Musical had dance-along segments where you could learn the dances step by step to Getcha Head in the Game and We’re All in This Together.

The dance-along for High School Musical 2 has been announced! The cast will be joined by talented dancers from the movie to teach two dances from the new movie. The dance-along will feature the opening and closing numbers; What Time is It? and All For One.

The High School Musical 2 Dance Along will be airing Saturday, September 8 at 8pm on the Disney Channel. Starting Friday, August 24 you will be able to download and print out guides to the choreography from DisneyChannel.com so you can start learning the dances right away!

HSM2 Breaks Records!

On Friday night, High School Musical 2 got an estimated 17.2 million viewers. That means some records got shattered!

- It was the most-watched cable telecast ever! It got 8% more viewers than the previous record holder, which was ESPN’s monday night football. I won’t pretend I’m not pleased about a musical beating out a football game.

- High School Musical 2 was the most watched basic cable movie of all time! It got 2 million more viewers than TNT’s Crossfire Trail which aired in 2001 and previously held the record.

- With 6.1 million kids ages 6-11 and 5.9 million 9-14 year olds watching, High School Musical 2 can now claim to be the most watched entertainment telecast ever in the “tween” demographic.

- High School Musical 2 also had the biggest audience of any Friday night broadcast in the past 5 years, directly contributing to low ratings on the major networks.

- High School Musical 2 helped the newest episode of Hannah Montana become basic cable’s most watched series telecast ever, with 10.7 million viewers.

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HSM2 Tonight!

I’m sure you know that High School Musical 2 will be premiering tonight, but there’s more going on today than the feature presentation.

The Disney Channel is playing a Suite Life marathon with all the Road to High School Musical 2 featurettes from noon until the High School Musical 2 starts at 8pm/7c

Be sure to tune in early enough to see the premiere party with the cast at Kenny Ortega’s house!

After the movie, there will be the premiere of a new Disney Channel show called Phineas and Ferb. It is a new cartoon that features Ashley Tisdale as a voice talent.

Then there will be a new episode of Hannah Montana featuring the Jonas Brothers.

So don’t forget to tune in tonight at 8pm/7c, and if you miss it, it’ll be on again the same time Saturday and Sunday nights as well. Come back this weekend or next week for some great new HSM2 stuff on the site!

Comment Challenge: Let me know in the comments how you’re going to watch High School Musical 2! Are you having a party? Watching with your family? Recording it for later?

HSM Gaming Scene

The Nintendo Wii is the most innovative new console available. It’s special motion sensing controller system, the “Wiimote” opens up a whole new world of game possibilities.

One of those possibilities is becoming a reality, and a dream game for any High School Musical fan. A High School Musical karaoke game is being released for the Wii which will come with a microphone. In the game, players will sing their way through in solos or duets with songs from the original High School Musical, the sequel High School Musical 2, and bonus songs from other Disney Channel artists. The game will also be available for the PlayStation 2, but the Wii version of the game allows an additional motion-capture dance experience with choreography from the movie. The game will be out August 7 for the Wii and August 14 for the PlayStation2, and it is already available for pre-order on Amazon. Pre-Order High School Musical Wii Game, Pre-Order High School Musical PlayStation2 Game.

For those of you more into portable gaming, there will also be a High School Musical game coming out for the Nintendo DS. Players will travel across America as they compete in the ultimate musical competition. Playing as any of the six High School Musical stars (or their own customized character), fans will dance and play along with the movie’s songs and create their own dance videos in order to win the national title. Players can compete head-to-head and trade their personal video creations with their friends. The High School Musical Nintendo DS game will be released August 14, 2007 and is also available for pre-order on Amazon. Pre-Order High School Musical Game for Nintendo DS.

For you old school gamers, I recently noticed a High School Musical version of a classic board game.

Who will you find when you open the Mystery Door? Is Ryan steppin’ up to take you dancing? Or will Troy be ready for your karaoke date? Or maybe Chad wants you to go to the basketball game! Oh no, Ms. Darbus gives you a detention! Collect three clothing and accessory cards to get ready for one of four fun dates. Ready for salsa dancing with Ryan, but Zeke meets you for roller skating? Sorry, try again! Open the door to reveal a matching date and you win! High School Musical Mystery Date