Plot:
Over summer vacation, the East High Wildcats are ready to enjoy their vacation and earn some money at summer jobs. Troy Bolton (
Zac Efron) lands a job at the
country club, Lava Springs, not knowing that his job is a part of Sharpay Evans's (
Ashley Tisdale) plan to steal him from Gabriella Montez (
Vanessa Hudgens). Accidentally foiling Sharpay's plot, Troy not only helps Gabriella get a job as a lifeguard, but also lands jobs for Chad (
Corbin Bleu), Taylor (
Monique Coleman), Zeke (
Chris Warren Jr), Martha (
Kaycee Stroh), Kelsi (
Olesya Rulin), Jason (
Ryne Sanborn) and the rest of his Wildcat teammates.
Making it worse, Sharpay finds out Kelsi has written a duet for Troy and Gabriella that's sure to outperform everyone at the club's annual Midsummer Night's Talent Show. Reminded of her humiliation in winter musical, Sharpay is determined not to suffer a repeat and forms her own campaign to make sure she's not upstaged again. As they go head to head, Troy is enjoying the life of the privileged set, and begins to question his values after realizing he must sing with Sharpay in the talent show.
Cast:
Production:
Before rehearsal began, Disney's High School Musical site put up a poll
[2] for what the viewers want to see in High School Musical 2. Due to that voting,
Miley Cyrus will have a cameo appearance in the movie.
[citation needed]In early February, 2007,
Ashley Tisdale,
Corbin Bleu and
Vanessa Hudgens were reported to be holding out for a more lucrative contract.
[3] Disney Channel representatives claimed rehearsals would begin on schedule, and by February 19th, the entire cast was on set and rehearsing in
St. George and
Salt Lake City,
Utah.
[4] The cast wrapped up filming on
April 13,
2007 and have since returned home.
[5]In the first released trailer, the main cast is shown counting down the seconds until summer break. In a teaser, the trailer asks "Are you ready... for the start of something new?" before showing the High School Musical 2 logo along with the Disney Channel logo. An ad campaign, asking viewers to email their friends about the site to reveal a new poster, was also shown. Early scenes of the movie can be seen during the video for
What Time Is It?.
Zac Efron confirmed that the singing voice of Troy Bolton will be himself only and not blended with the voice of
Drew Seeley as in the first movie
Release information: