With its successful “High School Musical” franchise about to hit movie theaters, the Walt Disney Co. is looking to keep the property alive as cast members grow up and move on, the Wall Street Journal says. CEO Bob Iger says “HSM” can “sustain a pretty thorough cast change,” and Disney Channel has already ordered “HSM4.” “There is no doubt that the next movie, in our minds, will have a lot of new faces,” Rich Ross, president of Disney Channel, tells the paper.
— Jon Lafayette