Zac Efron Stays Seventeen

If you missed this summer's Hairspray or don't have any children in your life to bombard you with High School Musical mania, then you probably still don't know that Zac Efron is the hottest teen idol in America right now.

And he's about to see his profile raised even past his niche demographic with three new projects.

First, he'll star in the screen-to-Broadway-to-screen-again musical version of Footloose. After that, he's being courted by two gay directors.

Hairspray helmer Adam Shankman wants to place Efron in Seventeen, a Big-like story of a 38-year-old man who becomes young again and goes to school with his own kids; and director Greg Berlanti is Zac-focused on his new feature Bridge and Tunnel.

With all this potential work on his plate, when will Efron find time to do High School Musical 3?

Stay tuned.