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Ok, I’m sort of compressing news bits here. Zac Efron, due to the huge success of High School Musical 3, may just have sealed himself as the blockbuster movie actor that we him to be. I really think he’s a great actor and that people see more of his superficial features than his talent. (and Shia La Beouf… pffft)

Partly due to his new movie hitting #1 this week, another movie has been prepped up for Zac. Variety is reporting that Paramount is fast-tracking ‘Footloose’ which may grant Efron a 500K paycheck.

After watching Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega deliver a $42 million opening weekend for “High School Musical 3,” Paramount Pictures has fast-tracked “Footloose,” hoping to get the film ready for Efron and Ortega to start production next spring.

The studio has brought on “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” director Peter Sollett to rewrite the Jon Hartmere script and hired Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to join Dylan Sellers as producer.

Unlike “HSM3,” “Footloose” will aim for an older teen and adult demo. Efron is just about set in a deal that will pay him a mid-seven-figure salary and give him script approval.

Also in the news, and this is different from the movie… Efron said he was speechless after getting a call from Michael Jackson.

Had I been blogging since March, I would’ve had a roll writing about Zac Efron and the ghost he saw on the set of his upcoming movie Me and Orson Welles. But with new pictures of him coming out, I think I’ve seen a ghost myself. Waytago (back in time) Zac!

PLOT:

In New York in 1937, seventeen year-old Richard Samuels meets theatre director Orson Welles, whom he convinces to give him the role of Lucius in Julius Caesar, Broadway’s first Shakespearean production. Welles, who is having an extramarital affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant, couples Richard with production assistant Sonja Jones to rehearse. Welles decides the entire production crew would benefit from a coupling game, and Richard cheats to ensure he is paired with Sonja.

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year is on their way to finish some secondary education come October 2008 and they just released some promo pics to give their crazy fanboys and girls a greater excuse to skip their maturity. I’m so scared this movie will make money that before you know it’s already College Musical: Freshman Year. Yay!

Here are more pictures from Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens coming movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year. The movie hits theaters October 24, 2008.

It’s the greatest Hollywood news to have come in weeks, High School Musical 3 : Senior Year finally has a trailer. Lolz! And I consciously said that to piss some people off.