Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Launches First Look at "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" Ahead of October 24th Worldwide Cinema Release

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Launches First Look at "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" Ahead of October 24th Worldwide Cinema Release

LONDON, July 14/PRNewswire/ --

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As fans anxiously await the big screen premiere of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" which releases worldwide in cinemas on October 24th, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK today release the first images from the film at http://www.image.net to tie in with the launch of the brand new trailer which premieres on the Disney Channel at 4pm today.

The trailer includes the new song "Now or Never" from "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" set to be the first single release. The trailer also features all new footage from the highly anticipated movie.

About the Movie

Disney's "High School Musical" phenomenon leaps onto the big screen in High School Musical 3: Senior Year, in which America's favourite high school students (Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman) hit senior year. Amidst a basketball championship, prom and a big spring musical featuring all of the Wildcats, Troy and Gabriella vow to make every moment last as their lifelong college dreams put the future of their relationship in question. A crew of sophomore Wildcats (Matt Prokop, Justin Martin and Britain's own Jemma Mckenzie-Brown) joins in the fun as the film's incredible new music and exciting dance numbers take maximum advantage of the big screen.

"High School Musical 3: Senior Year" is released worldwide only in cinemas on October 24th 2008.

High School Musical arrived in the UK when the Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on the channel on 22 September 2006. Over a million viewers tuned in making it the highest rated movie on the channel ever!

Europe was gripped by High School Musical 2 fever when the cast, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman and Ashley Tisdale arrived in London for a whirlwind promotional tour. The cast were greeted by thousands of fans at the High School Musical 2 CD signing at HMV Oxford Street and the European premiere at The O2 Arena, ahead of the channel premiere.

High School Musical 2 premiered on 21 September 2007 on Disney Channel UK and smashed the ratings record when over 1.74 million viewers tuned it to see the return of the Wildcats.

Since then High School Musical has gone from strength to strength:

About the Music

The "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" soundtrack from Walt Disney Records will be in UK stores Oct. 20th, 2008.

About Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International are the global marketing and distribution arms of The Walt Disney Studios. They are responsible for all aspects of marketing, publicity, advertising, promotion, and distribution for motion pictures released under the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures banners. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures oversees all domestic marketing and distribution activities, and generated a Studio gross of more than US$1.35 billion in 2007, giving the Studio its 11th billion dollar year in the past 14 years, a feat unmatched by any other Studio. At the overseas box office, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International helped propel the Studio to a gross exceeding US$1.7 billion in 2007, leading that division to an unprecedented 13 consecutive years of surpassing the US$1 billion mark at the international box office.

Movie Stills

Brand new stills from "High School Musical3: Senior Year" are available at http://www.image.net for print publications only

Note to Editors:

A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire. It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net or viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

Source: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK

CONTACTS: For further information, please contact: Charlotte Tudor, Vice President Publicity, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK, Charlotte.tudor@disney.com or tel: +44(0)208-222-1221; Or Natacha Clarke, National Publicist, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK, Natacha.clarke@disney.com or tel: +44(0)208-222-2580.

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Profile: International Entertainment