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From the Hollywoodreporter (28 November 2007):

Perry will go from pop to prep for ’17’

Matthew Perry will play a grown-up version of Zac Efron in “17,” New Line’s teen comedy being directed by Burr Steers. Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot are producing via their Offspring Entertainment banner.

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From the Hollywoodreporter (3 December 2007)

Two names join ’17’ numbers

Michelle Trachtenberg and Melora Hardin have joined the cast of “17,” New Line’s teen comedy starring Zac Efron.

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Disney issued finally a press release on 14 January 2008 announcing HSM3, the fact that all the cast will return (of course including Zac) and the release date, 24 October 2008.

From the Business Wire:

Disney’s “High School Musical” Stars Head to the Big Screen: Walt Disney Pictures Presents “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”

Kenny Ortega Set to Direct Feature Film Beginning in Spring 2008

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–All principal cast members from Disney’s “High School Musical” – Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman – will be reunited on the big screen for Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming feature film, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” it was announced today by Oren Aviv, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Production.

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The Hollywoodreporter reports on 18 January 2008 that Zac has a new movie:

Efron hangs with ‘Welles’

Zac Efron will star in “Me and Orson Welles,” an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow that Richard Linklater will direct.

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