Empire: Movie News - Efron Looks To Full Metal Panic

www.empireonline.com - 10th Apr 2009

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High School Musical : Don't panic! It seems that Zac Eftron really isn't done with High School yet. Following the close of his HSM days, there was hope that he would be kicking off his Sunday shoes as the senior banned from dancing in the remake of Footloose , but when he cut loose from that, it seemed that 17 Again might be his graduation from teen movies. But he is now looking at crazily titled manga adaptation Full Metal Panic (not to be confused with Full Metal Alchemist - or indeed Schoolgirl Milky Crisi Read full story at www.empireonline.com

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