Footloose Full Speed Ahead.

After watching Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega deliver a $42 million dollar weekend with High School Musical 3, Paramount has given the green light on Footloose to move forward so that Efron and Ortega will be ready to get to work on it this spring.

The film will be Efron’s third musical franchise, and will be aimed at an older teen audience as opposed to the child demographic that was the focus of the High School Musical series.

Efron has all but signed the mid-seven figure deal that will give him the lead role along with script approval, and they hope to start shooting  by April 2009.