She’s a pusher! The Mean Girls the Musical film is formally a go — and creator Tina Fey is prepared to carry much more pink to the massive display.
“I’m very excited to bring Mean Girls back to the big screen,” Fey stated in a press release to Playbill in January 2020. “It’s been incredibly gratifying to see how much the movie and the musical have meant to audiences. I’ve spent 16 years with these characters now. They are my Marvel Universe, and I love them dearly.”
Fey wrote the 2004 movie Mean Girls, which starred Lindsay Lohan (Cady Heron), Rachel McAdams (Regina George), Amanda Seyfried (Karen Smith) and Lacey Chabert (Gretchen Wieners). The Saturday Night Live alum, for her half, performed trainer Ms. Norbury in the comedy alongside longtime buddy Amy Poehler as Mrs. George.
Jonathan Bennett (Aaron Samuels), Lizzy Caplan (Janice Ian) and Daniel Franzese (Damian) have been additionally featured in the unique movie, which follows new lady Cady as she navigates the jungle that’s highschool after being dwelling schooled for years. While she initially clicks with the standard crowd, The Plastics, she rapidly learns that some friendships aren’t made to final.
In 2018, Fey introduced the hit movie to Broadway with the Mean Girls musical. Now, she is taking the musical manufacturing again to the motion pictures with an all new movie — and some acquainted faces.
Reneé Rapp shall be enjoying queen B, Regina George, in the upcoming Paramount Pictures movie after beforehand enjoying the function on Broadway.
“I was on the treadmill. I was at home and I was walking and I just finished a day of the College Girls filming and my agent called me,” the Sex Lives of College Girls actress advised Entertainment Tonight in December 2022 of how she discovered she obtained the half. “My mom rushed into the house … She was like, ‘Renee!’ ’cause she obviously knew because everybody in my family and on my team is in cahoots.”
Rapp defined that “Mean Girls was such a big part of my childhood” noting it had “a huge impact” on her and her era. “It’s gonna be a very exciting, authentic take on what Mean Girls is and what Mean Girls means to us as kids,” she added.
Original star Seyfried, in the meantime, hinted that she and the different Plastics would fortunately come again if Fey needed them.
“All four of us are 100 percent into it,” the Mank actress advised ET in February 2023. “Maybe the mothers of our characters? That’s what I was thinking, but listen, I have not even seen the script.”
While the comic didn’t verify or deny Seyfried’s potential cameo, she did tease the “incredible cast” whereas showing on the Late Night With Seth Meyers present in February 2023. “We have an amazing cast,” Fey stated. “I’m super excited about the cast.”
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