Despite making a hefty $251 million worldwide with High School Musical 3: Senior Year, the franchise is returning to the Disney Channel for the fourth installment in 2010 now that A-listers Efron and Hudgens have moved on.
President of Disney Channels Worldwide Gary Marsh tells the New York Times that the story will involve a rivalry with a cross town school and that screenwriter Peter Barsocchini will return to pen the script.