Keep your fingers crossed! Zac Efron’s “Me and Orson Welles” is being screened at Cannes this week and might just pick up a distributor!

The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last September but has yet to get a bite. I can’t wait to see this one, I hope somebody snatches it up soon!

The movie co-stars Claire Daines, Ben Chaplin and Christian McKay, and is about a teenager who is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of “Julius Ceasar” directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937

Zac Efron and girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens are back in the US after a week-long vacation in Brazil!

The pair were mobbed at the airport in Brazil on their way out, slowed down by excited fans snapping pictures and getting autographs. I wonder how much extra time they have to tack on to their arrival time just for situations like that?

The much-needed vacation has come after a very long promotional tour for their mega-hit movie, High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

Zac’s upcoming movie releases include 17 Again with Matthew Perry, which will be released April 17, and Me and Orson Welles (which hasn’t been picked up by a distributor yet, keep your fingers crossed!). He’ll also begin work on the Footloose remake soon. Vanessa’s upcoming movie, Bandslam, is set to hit theaters in July.

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Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson and the Jonas Brothers top MTV’s recently released 2009 MPV list. It includes “everyone who’s going to make a splash in pop music and culture over the next 12 months.” Haven’t these guys already done that?

Anyway, for Zac they say:

“He may not be playing 17 in anymore High School Musical movies, but the 21-year-old will be playing the 17-year-old version of Matthew Perry’s character Mike O’Donnell in 17 Again. He also recently worked on Me and Orson Welles and is confirmed to tackle the Footloose remake. ‘It’s great,’ he said. ‘I couldn’t be more excited [to have Kevin Bacon's blessing]. He’s the man.’”

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Zac Efron and girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens both have movies coming out this year — which one are you most looking forward to seeing?

The official website for Zac’s upcoming movie, “Me and Orson Welles,” has been launched!

We don’t get much info aside from it opening sometime next year, but we do get a big pic of Zac peaking through some stage curtains and if you click on “Gallery” you can see a few stills as well (several of which we’ve already seen, but who’s complaining?).

“The Story” sums it up as:

The story of a whirlwind week in 1937 NYC when a young aspiring actor (Zac Efron) is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre Company on the even of the opening of Welles’ historic staging of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

During this week, Richard will find romance with a worldly older woman (Claire Danes), become immersed in a creative experience few are afforded, and lear the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Welles (strikingly portrayed by newcomer Christian McKay).

Richard is about to grow up FAST.

The video clip is also one we’ve seen, and you can sign up to be notified of future updates! I can’t wait for this movie!

A clip from “Me and Orson Welles!” Of course, Zac sings. I can’t wait to see it!

Zac is in Toronto this weekend for “Me and Orson Welles,” which premiered at Toronto Film Festival. He took some time to sign autographs and pose with co-stars Claire Danes and Christian McKay.

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Zac took off to the Toronto Film Festival yesterday!

“Me and Orson Welles” will be making its debut there among 19 or so others. Can’t wait to see it!

The video above has some great shots of recently released pics of Zac in “Me and Orson Welles” (and it looks like a few from 17 Again, too).

I really can’t wait to see this movie. It’s set to hit theaters early next year!

Rumor has it that “Me and Orson Welles” may be among the 20 films to be shown at the 33rd Annual Toronto Film Festival next month!

The Toronto Film Festival runs September 4-13 though there’s no official word yet on which movies will be shown. About the movie, Variety magazine says:

Zac Efron, Claire Daines, Ben Chaplin and Christian McKay star in this entertaining ode to Orson Welles from the director of The School of Rock and Before Sunrise.

Seventeen-year-old Richard Samuels (Efron) spends his days dreaming of the bright lights of Broadway. He gets his big break when he happens upon Orson Welles (McKay) and his fledgling Mercury Theatre company. Richard impresses Welles with an impromptu audition and lands a bit part in the Mercury’s forthcoming run of Julius Caesar.

With Welles’s womanizing taking priority over rehearsals, chaos and calamity mark the production from the start. Before long, opening night has arrived and Richard will discover the terrible secrets of show business.