"Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure" Pre-Premiere Discussion

[Poweranimals]

Keep in mind, this was posted yesterday. From Ashley Tisdale's official site:



SHARPAY IS BACK IN 2011 - NEW DISNEY CHANNEL MOVIE COMING SOON!

Mar 31, 2010

Disney Channel will shine the spotlight on High School Musical alum Sharpay Evans in a new original movie set for a summer 2011 premiere. Ashley will reprise the role of irrepressible HSM diva in the movie Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, as well as serve as executive producer of the film. In the movie, Sharpay realizes her dream and moves to New York with her pet dog Boi after being discovered by a talent scout. Once there however, Sharpay quickly finds out that making it big in the Big Apple is not as easy as she thought and she has to temper her expectations somewhat if she's going to thrive. Look for more details coming soon!


http://www.ashleytisdale.com/news/2010/03/31/sharpay-back-2011-new-disney-channel-movie-coming-soon

Also from Disney Channel Medianet:



March 31, 2010

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SHARPAY EVANS IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN

"SHARPAY'S FABULOUS ADVENTURE,"

A DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE SLATED

FOR A 2011 PREMIERE ON DISNEY CHANNEL



-- Ashley Tisdale Stars and Executive-Produces --


The irrepressible diva Sharpay Evans, recent graduate of East High School, seizes the spotlight in "Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure," a Disney Channel Original Movie scheduled to begin production this summer for a 2011 premiere. The incomparable Ashley Tisdale will reprise the role she made so popular in the "High School Musical" TV movies and feature film. Tisdale will also serve as executive producer of the movie which was written by Robert Horn (producer of Broadway's "13" and writer/producer of "Designing Women"). Barry Rosenbush and Bill Borden (both of the "High School Musical" movies) will also serve as executive producers of the movie.

In making the announcement, Gary Marsh, president, Entertainment, and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide, said: "In 'Sharpay,' Ashley Tisdale brought to life one of the most memorable comedic characters we’ve seen in years. This movie captures the absolutely perfect next chapter in Sharpay’s life, as she tries to cultivate the humanity buried, deep, deep within her - a challenging and hilarious endeavor."

Aspiring thespian Sharpay Evans, who was once a big, fabulous fish in a small pond (a man-made pond at a resort country club that her father owns), is finally about to meet her destiny on Broadway, and luckily, theater lighting highlights her hair and skin tone beautifully. Her big break comes after a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, and now there’s not a marquee big enough or lights bright enough to contain the glorious fame she plans on having. Sharpay and Boi head to New York, but theatre is a dog eat dog world, and nothing turns out as Sharpay expects, especially when she meets her match in a rather daunting Broadway starlet (who arrived in Midtown Manhattan as a recent winner of "So You Think You’re America’s Most Talented Performing Idol").

The Great White Way is all Sharpay's ever dreamed of, especially since she already has everything else. Life in the big city is a shock, but there's an even bigger bombshell when Sharpay finally realizes the Broadway role is really for Boi, not her. Putting her disappointment aside, she sets out to make Boi the most fabulous canine star to hit the stage, with the hope that his fame will become her fame (after all, she is his entourage and she holds the leash). Before long, Sharpay makes a new friend in a student filmmaker, Callem, who finds her to be a fascinating subject. Meanwhile, Boi finds puppy love on a Big Apple adventure of his own.

[Peter Paltridge]

Poor Tisdale -- this is definitive proof she failed to find any work outside the Disney bubble.


In the movie, the Sharpay
We have to call her "The Sharpay" now?


Life in the big city is a shock, but there's an even bigger bombshell when Sharpay finally realizes the Broadway role is really for Boi, not her.
"WHAT??? BUT THE AD SAID YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A *****!!!"


Sharpay and Boi head to New York, buttheatre is a dog eat dog world
Butt Heatre. Huh-huh-huh.

[Poweranimals]

Poor Tisdale -- this is definitive proof she failed to find any work outside the Disney bubble. She is also a producer in the movie so that probably was an incentive.

[launchpad20]

If only it was an 'April Fools' post. :crying:

[Master Toon]

Poor Tisdale -- this is definitive proof she failed to find any work outside the Disney bubble.

Well not everyone can be a star. Tisdale, Song and Stone are unfortunately mid-carders in the world of stardom.

[TMC1982]

Is the Disney Channel so creatively bankrupt that they have to dip into the HSM well the fourth time!? How is this any different than Nickelodeon trying to prolong Rugrats with the All Grown Up series!?

[Freedom Fighter]

Is the Disney Channel so creatively bankrupt that they have to dip into the HSM well the fourth time!? How is this any different than Nickelodeon trying to prolong Rugrats with the All Grown Up series!?This would actually be the fifth HSM technically... HSM4 is supposed to premiere on Disney Channel later this year, and that stars an entirely new cast since the original cast 'graduated' at HSM3's end.

[RonDrakenfan17]

When I first read this I thought, please it be an Aprils Fool joke.
Than it turns out to be true. What a shame, I was so hopeful for Ashley.
Looks like her job as an actress isn't going the way she dreamed :(

[TMC1982]

When I first read this I thought, please it be an Aprils Fool joke.
Than it turns out to be true. What a shame, I was so hopeful for Ashley.
Looks like her job as an actress isn't going the way she dreamed :(

I wouldn't feel so bad for Ashley Tisdale! I mean, she's not where Lindsay Lohan (another Disney princess of recent past) is at the moment (not even able to get a decent job)! :sad:

[cohenmarioman]

If it is anything like HS Musical, my dad will probably make me watch it eventually, once he finds out about this. But hey, at least if it was good as HSM3 was, it might let Tisdale get out of the Disney bubble.

[Poweranimals]

HSM4 is supposed to premiere on Disney Channel later this year.
No it isn't.

[TMC1982]

This would actually be the fifth HSM technically... HSM4 is supposed to premiere on Disney Channel later this year, and that stars an entirely new cast since the original cast 'graduated' at HSM3's end.

All that we need now is a Disney Channel version of Saved by the Bell: The New Class with Sharpay being Screech to Ms. Darbis' (didn't HSM3 state that Sharpay would stay around East High for a year to help Ms. Darbis with the drama program) Mr. Belding.

[suss2it]

No it isn't.

Yes it is. (http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jeffrey_Hornaday_To_Helm_Disney_Channels_HIGH_SCHOOL_MUSICAL_EAST_MEETS_WEST_20090624)

[Master Toon]

This would actually be the fifth HSM technically... HSM4 is supposed to premiere on Disney Channel later this year, and that stars an entirely new cast since the original cast 'graduated' at HSM3's end.


No it isn't.


Yes it is. (http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jeffrey_Hornaday_To_Helm_Disney_Channels_HIGH_SCHOOL_MUSICAL_EAST_MEETS_WEST_20090624)

No it isn't. So far I have not found one reliable website about the movie. Each website I visited, like the one you linked to, has the same old thing and no source. It's a fake.

Before you get defensive let me let you in on something. Real press releases always have the city and state written first before anything else. Followed by the date. At the end of the press released there's always the source. Such as the name, address and most times the website. The ones written about HSM EMW have none of this.

[Alec]

No it isn't. So far I have not found one reliable website about the movie. Each website I visited, like the one you linked to, has the same old thing and no source. It's a fake.

Before you get defensive let me let you in on something. Real press releases always have the city and state written first before anything else. Followed by the date. At the end of the press released there's always the source. Such as the name, address and most times the website. The ones written about HSM EMW have none of this.

I back you up on this. I haven't seen any new information on this movie since the announcement made earlier by Disney. In fact, Disney Channel Media Net (Disney Channel's Press Release Website) has removed the HSM4: East Meets West section from the website which means that HSM4 is no longer happening. Disney probably realized that fans would not watch this movie as none of the original characters would be in the movie.

Disney probably thought up this new Sharpay movie, and gave Tisdale the right to be an Executive Producer so she would actually do the movie.

This is all following Disney Channel's newest ways of using their actors/actresses as puppets. They've been making their DCOM'S with Disney Channel stars since 2008, so thjis would add another one to the list in 2011.

[TMC1982]

I back you up on this. I haven't seen any new information on this movie since the announcement made earlier by Disney. In fact, Disney Channel Media Net (Disney Channel's Press Release Website) has removed the HSM4: East Meets West section from the website which means that HSM4 is no longer happening. Disney probably realized that fans would not watch this movie as none of the original characters would be in the movie.

Disney probably thought up this new Sharpay movie, and gave Tisdale the right to be an Executive Producer so she would actually do the movie.

This is all following Disney Channel's newest ways of using their actors/actresses as puppets. They've been making their DCOM'S with Disney Channel stars since 2008, so this would add another one to the list in 2011.

Wasn't one of the High School Musical sequels originally going have a Halloween theme? But Disney I guess, Disney realized how utterly stupid or far out (even for a musical) that premise would sound and instead, went back to the "basics".

What kind of bothers me about the Disney Channel's original movies of late is that they all have to be designed as vehicles for people who already have shows on the Disney Channel. I'm sure that the HSM franchise still makes Disney a lot of money, so they're going to squeeze that cash cow until the very last drop.

[Master Toon]

What kind of bothers me about the Disney Channel's original movies of late is that they all have to be designed as vehicles for people who already have shows on the Disney Channel.

Hmmm... you right. I don't see how I missed that. It's not really a bad move though. At least some of the non-Disney cast will be better known and get bigger roles from it. Some may even find themselves on Disney channel.

[launchpad20]

Is the Disney Channel so creatively bankrupt that they have to dip into the HSM well the fourth time!?It would seem that way since they limit their target demographic to tween girls. :sad:
I mean, she's not where Lindsay Lohan (another Disney princess of recent past) is at the moment (not even able to get a decent job)! :sad:And yet, networks like E! think that she can be salvaged when it's pretty clear that she cant. If Lohan dies, they're gonna make her death bigger than 9/11, or Hati. :shame: (At least in their mind.)

[darkdetective]

I back you up on this. I haven't seen any new information on this movie since the announcement made earlier by Disney. In fact, Disney Channel Media Net (Disney Channel's Press Release Website) has removed the HSM4: East Meets West section from the website which means that HSM4 is no longer happening.
Um, HSM4 already happened. (http://www.hulu.com/watch/67437/saturday-night-live-high-school-musical-4)

[Master Toon]

Is the Disney Channel so creatively bankrupt that they have to dip into the HSM well the fourth time!?

Actually it would be the 3rd time. You can't count the first movie.


How is this any different than Nickelodeon trying to prolong Rugrats with the All Grown Up series!?

I'm not sure if either is/was an attempt to prolong anything but if they are/were, what's the problem?


It would seem that way since they limit their target demographic to tween girls. :sad:

Well you may not like it but it is their prerogative (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e46AdcReIPA). ;)



And yet, networks like E! think that she can be salvaged when it's pretty clear that she cant. If Lohan dies, they're gonna make her death bigger than 9/11, or Hati. :shame: (At least in their mind.)

E! should know better than anyone that Lindsay is a lost cause. They may think that just because Britney the Queen of train wrecks made a somewhat comeback, anyone can. But that's not the case with Lindsay. And they may over hype her death but that doesn't mean that people who don't care will start to care. Only paparazzi and crazed fans will.

[Alec]

Hmmm... you right. I don't see how I missed that. It's not really a bad move though. At least some of the non-Disney cast will be better known and get bigger roles from it. Some may even find themselves on Disney channel.

It's not a bad move, it's actually kind of smart if you think about it in a good way as they know the stars of the movie so people will watch it.

If they look back at all the movies Disney Channel has made for television, you can see that they did do alright if they are still airing them on Disney Channel. For example the Halloweentown Sega, they seem to have did alright, and to tell you the truth, the older DCOMS have more of a family name then the current ones about celebrities and making money.... nice move Disney.

[Master Toon]

Poor Tisdale -- this is definitive proof she failed to find any work outside the Disney bubble.

Not true. She's going to be in a show on The CW called Hellcats.

[Alec]

http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/showcontent/DC/programming/sharpaysfabulousadventure/sharpaysfabulousadventure_i/lead.jpg


PRODUCTION HAS BEGUN ON "SHARPAY'S FABULOUS ADVENTURE,"
A DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE DIRECTED BY MICHAEL LEMBECK
AND STARRING ASHLEY TISDALE


Austin Butler and Bradley Steven Perry Join the Cast


Production has begun on "Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure," a Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Emmy Award-winning director Michael Lembeck ("Tooth Fairy," "Santa Clause 2" and "Santa Clause 3."). Ashley Tisdale stars as the scene-stealing drama queen Sharpay Evans in the role she made so popular in the "High School Musical" TV movies and feature film. "Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure" is scheduled to premiere in 2011 on Disney Channel.


In addition to Tisdale, the movie stars Austin Butler ("Life Unexpected" and "Ruby and the Rockits") as confident film student Peyton Leverett and Bradley Steven Perry ("Good Luck Charlie") as a precocious young dog owner and Sharpay's nemesis, Roger Elliston the 3rd.


Rounding out the cast is Cameron Goodman ("Phineas and Ferb") as a Broadway star with Sharpay on her radar, Alec Mapa ("Ugly Betty") as Broadway show director Gill Samms, and Jack Plotnick ("The Mentalist") as the upbeat and enthusiastic scribe, Neal Roberts.


"Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure" will feature four original songs by songwriters Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn ("I'm Gonna Shine"), Matthew Tishler and Amy Powers ("My Boy and Me" and "The Rest of My Life"), David Lawrence and Faye Greenberg ("New York's Best Kept Secret").


In the movie, a New York casting director spots aspiring thespian Sharpay Evans performing with her dog, Boi, at a charity gala and offers to arrange an audition for a new Broadway musical. Sharpay packs her bags with Boi in tow and heads to the Big Apple to fulfill her destiny on Broadway. Her father has given her one month to make it to center stage, or else she will have to return home and learn the family business. However Sharpay's dreams are turned upside down when she discovers the Broadway role is really for Boi, not her. Pushing her disappointment aside, Sharpay sets out to make Boi the most fabulous canine to hit the Great White Way.


The Emmy Award-winning "High School Musical" has reached more than 290 million viewers, in 24 languages. Its soundtrack was the #1 album of 2006 and the DVD was the year's #1 TV movie on DVD. Its sequel, "High School Musical 2," ranked as the #1 basic cable telecast of all time (18.6 million viewers) and has been seen by nearly 300 million Total Viewers in over 27 languages. The "High School Musical 2" soundtrack is triple Platinum and its DVD release was the top-selling TV property on DVD for 2007. Walt Disney Pictures debuted "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" in 2008. It grossed more than $250 million at the worldwide box office.


Tisdale will also serve as executive producer of the movie, along with Barry Rosenbush and Bill Borden (both of the "High School Musical" movies). "Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure" was written by Robert Horn (writer of Broadway's "13" and writer/producer of "Designing Women").


Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and movies. Currently available on basic cable in over 99 million U.S. homes and to millions of other viewers on Disney Channels around the world, Disney Channel is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group.

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[Tobias]

I wonder if they'll have an update on Ryan, or at the very least, a cameo.

[NewcomerDC]

Didn't we have a thread about this topic a while back?

[RonDrakenfan17]

Well at least Ashley Tisdale gets a pay check from all this I suppose :p

[NewcomerDC]

I'll be surprised to read about how well this movie performs on TV. With Starstruck, Dadnapped, Hatching Pete, and Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars as some of the lowest-performed films on the Diz, this movie needs to step it up from the High School Musical trilogy.

[Knightmare]

I'll be surprised to read about how well this movie performs on TV. With Starstruck, Dadnapped, Hatching Pete, and Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars as some of the lowest-performed films on the Diz, this movie needs to step it up from the High School Musical trilogy.

Not so surprised about Harriet the Spy and Hatching Pete not doing well in the ratings, both seemed to only get made to cash in on their respective starts popularity.

While Starstruck didn't seem that interesting to me it did look it was going to be good movie and I figured it'd do well with the current Disney Audience. Dadnapped, I really liked it, but the movie seemed to tame at times, I felt it had an excellent cast, but there was just something lacking from it.

I'll be interested to see has this new Sharpay movie turns out, Sharpy was a great character, but it always seemed like the creative team behind the High School Musical trilogy kept hitting the reset button erasing any character development she had during the previous movie and I wonder how she'll be on her own especially without Ryan(who was actually my favorite character in the HSM trilogy) around.

[NewcomerDC]

Sharpay was a great character, but it always seemed like the creative team behind the High School Musical trilogy kept hitting the reset button erasing any character development she had during the previous movie and I wonder how she'll be on her own especially without Ryan(who was actually my favorite character in the HSM trilogy) around.
I get the feeling that Sharpay will be the spoiled, rich wanna-be celebrity we remember from the trilogy only for her to realize that it doesn't hurt to help someone in need and become a good person. Wait, you're right about this being repeated throughout all of the High School Musical films.

[The Penguin]

Didn't we have a thread about this topic a while back?Yes, we did. So merged and renamed.