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WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES LAUNCHES
“HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR” FIRST LOOK ON DISNEY PLATFORMS AHEAD OF OCTOBER 24TH WORLDWIDE CINEMA RELEASE
As Fan-Favourite Franchise Prepares to Hit the Big Screen this Autumn, the First Trailer Makes UK Online Debut on Disney.co.uk
 LONDON (July 14, 2008) – As fans anxiously await the big screen premiere of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” which releases worldwide in cinemas only on October 24th, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK will launch the film’s first trailer online today at 4:30 p.m. GMT on Disney.co.uk. The nationwide online launch kicks off tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. GMT and is part of a global first look at the film across Disney platforms worldwide.
“We’re paying homage to the fans by debuting our first look on the very network that launched the franchise,” said Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group. “’High School Musical’ is a worldwide phenomenon and as such, it is important to pursue a nearly simultaneous launch of the first look to fans everywhere, employing our online venue, Disney.com, as well as our international Disney Channels and Jetix platforms.”
 The high-energy trailer will also reach core fans in locales around the globe, including U.S., Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, Southeast Asia, India, Taiwan, Brazil and Mexico, among other select countries.
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.
* An international casting search involving more than 1000 teen actors across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom led to the casting of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year’s” three new Wildcats: Matt Prokop, Justin Martin and new British star Jemma McKenzie-Brown.
* The original “High School Musical” made its debut in January 2006 on Disney Channel and posted the highest ever ratings for a Disney Channel Original Movie at the time. It went on to become a smash hit internationally. It has reached more than 250 million viewers in more than 20 languages across 100 countries.
* “High School Musical” won two Emmy Awards®, a DGA Award, an Imagen Award and a Director's Guild of America Award, among other honours. It received a Billboard Music Award (Soundtrack of the Year) and was nominated for an American Music Award.
* "High School Musical 2" was ranked the #1 basic cable telecast of all time following its August 17, 2007, premiere (18.6 million viewers) and thus far has been seen by 187 million total worldwide viewers in 24 languages.
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 $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 $1.7 billion in 2007, leading that division to an unprecedented 13 consecutive years of surpassing the $1 billion mark at the international box office.
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