Eerste details Disney’s High School Musical tv-serie

De eerste details over Disney’s aanstaande High School Musical tv-serie zijn onthuld, waarvan Deadline dat het de titel High School Musical: The Musical zal krijgen. De serie is in de maak voor Disney’s aankomende streamingservice.

De reeks van 10 afleveringen wordt omschreven als een docu-achtige serie die een groep studenten van East High volgt die een uitvoering van High School Musical uitvoeren voor hun wintertheaterproductie, maar zich realiseren dat er ook veel drama ook achter de schermen afspeelt. Elke aflevering bevat nieuwe liedjes en nieuwe uitvoeringen van nummers uit de films.

High School Musical: The Musical is begonnen met het casten van de serie. De acht personages worden als volgt omschreven:

RICKY – A snarky sweetheart, a B-minus student, and our star. Ricky’s been dating fellow junior Nini for a year. When she unexpectedly breaks up with Ricky, he launches a bold plan to get Nini back — by auditioning to star opposite her in the school’s production of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. Ricky’s class-clowning covers a deep fear that he’s not actually great at anything, except coasting by on charm.

NINI – The other star. Formerly relegated to the chorus of her school’s musicals, Nini just got back from summer camp, where she found her voice – and confidence — playing the lead in THE MUSIC MAN. Unfortunately, Nini also found a new boyfriend at camp. Drama. Fiercely loyal to her two moms, she’s stronger than she first appears: an iron butterfly.

E.J. – Nini’s new love interest, the type of ambitious entrepre-nerd who brings homemade props to auditions. Don’t cross E.J. if you get something he wants — like a starring role, opposite “his” girl Nini. The son of two high-powered corporate attorneys, E.J. is supremely confident but secretly prone to anxiety attacks when anything goes off-plan.

ASHLYN – Brash and gutsy, Ashlyn’s mouthy attitude covers “new kid” self-doubt. A slightly woo-woo horoscope reader, she’s finding her place in the school hierarchy. Or trying to. (It helps that her cousin E.J. is a senior.) Whether she’s cast in the musical or not, she’s got her eye on student council.

BIG RED – Ricky’s lifelong wingman. A skate rat, Big Red is the spiritual cousin of both Bill and Ted: always fuzzy, he’s been sleep-deprived since preschool. Big Red is weirdly devastated by Ricky and Nini’s breakup — his surest role is as their wisecracking third wheel. He has secretly crushed on Nini since middle school, and her breakup with Ricky proves a moral best-friend dilemma. He joins the backstage crew to be “Nini-adjacent.”

GINA – Don’t call her an understudy, call her a “wonderstudy.” A polished pro with an Equity card and the unwavering belief that the drama teacher made a HUGE mistake not casting her as a lead. Gina is an entitled princess, but her ambition pales in comparison with her stage mother’s.

VIKRAM – Captain of the color guard and the student choreographer of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. Beyoncé is his iPhone lockscreen wallpaper, and he already has his Tony Award for Best Choreography speech written out. Vikram thinks of the drama teacher as a peer — he eats lunch in her office, and has been drinking espresso since 3rd grade.

MISS JENN – The school’s new drama teacher, Miss Jenn is high-energy and low-reality. She truly believes musicals can save lives. If only she believed in telling the truth on her résumé. Forces student choreographer Vikram to do a Kickstarter for the musical when the school board won’t give her the $50,000 budget she asks for.

De eerste High School Musical film werd uitgezonden in 2006 op het Disney channel, waar de carrières van Zac Efron (The Greatest Showman, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile), Vanessa Hudgens (Dog Days) en Ashley Tishdale (Charming) werden gelanceerd. De laatste film getiteld High School Musical 3: Senior Year werd tien jaar geleden uitgebracht.

Tim Federle (Ferdinand) en Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars) zullen optreden als uitvoerend producenten van de serie en regisseur Julie Ashton is verantwoordelijk voor de casting.