Disney are ramping up their plans for a live-action movie based around the ups and downs of a high school prom by adding some cast members.

The film, said to be Disney’s attempt at a John Hughes movies, is called Prom and will star relatively unknown actors in the leads to bolster the films franchise potential.

Thomas McDonell, Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights – pictured), Danielle Campbell, Nolan Sotillo, Yin Chang (Gossip Girl), Jared Kusnitz (Surviving Suburbia), Nicholas Braun (10 Things I Hate About You), Ben Esler (The Pacific), Kylie Bunbury and DeVaughn Nixon are all making up the current cast list.

Recognise those names? Me neither, so hopefully we’ll get some fresh talent and not whatever the Disney Channel is churning out these days. But is Prom ready to take over the reigns from High School Musical?