High School Musical 3: Senior Year will be the third installment in Disney's High School Musical franchise. It is scheduled for a theatrical release in the United States on October 24. Kenny Ortega returns as director and choreographer, as do all six primary actors.

Plot

As seniors in high school, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

Casting

An international casting call went out to find three new "Wildcats" sophomores, though it was later revealed they would be freshmen. This resulted in the casting of Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, and Jemma McKenzie-Brown. Director Kenny Ortega commented that the new cast members seemed to bring an overall positive atmosphere to the cast, crew, and production as a whole. McKenzie-Brown's character was originally reported to be named "Tiara Goal", though EW.com later confirmed her name was "Tiara Gold". McKenzie-Brown is not the only member of the new cast to have their characters name changed as Martin's character had originally reported to be named "Donny Fox", though it was later changed to "Donny Dion".

Returning cast

    * Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
    * Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
    * Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth
    * Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans
    * Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
    * Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie
    * Olesya Rulin as Kelsi Nielsen
    * Ryne Sanborn as Jason Cross
    * Chris Warren, Jr. as Zeke Baylor
    * Kaycee Stroh as Martha Cox
    * Alyson Reed as Ms. Darbus
    * Bart Johnson as Jack Bolton
    * Leslie Wing as Mrs. Bolton

New cast members

    * Jemma McKenzie-Brown as Tiara Gold
    * Matt Prokop as Jimmy Zara
    * Justin Martin as Donny Dion