Summary

• Mean Girls (2024), based on Tina Fey's Broadway adaptation, will be released on January 12, 2024, after a successful run on Broadway from 2017 to 2020.
• The cast of the movie includes members from the Broadway production, with Renee Rapp reprising her role as Regina George and Tina Fey and Tim Meadows returning to their Mean Girls roles.
• While the movie will have a theatrical release, it is expected to eventually be available for streaming on Paramount+, although the streaming release date has not been specified.

The Mean Girls (2024) movie is bringing Tina Fey’s Broadway adaptation of the 2004 Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried comedy to the big screen. Mean Girls, also written by Tina Fey just before the mid-00s, rewrote the blueprint for teen movies, especially those aimed at predominantly female audiences. Over a decade later, Fey brought the hilarious story to Broadway as a musical, which enjoyed a successful run from 2017 to 2020.

Next, the writer and producer is bringing the franchise full circle with a movie version of Mean Girls that adapts the stage version. Already tipped for release in 2024, Mean Girls will be arriving 20 years after Tina Fey’s first screenplay was adapted into the movie which launched the careers of Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and many more. With a cast that includes members of the Broadway run and a few returning faces from Mean Girls, the anticipation for Mean Girls (2024) couldn’t be higher.

Mean Girls (2024) Latest News

The most recent news about Tina Fey’s movie adaptation of the Broadway musical arrived in November 2023 with the release of the official Mean Girls (2024) trailer. Other key details had already been established, such as the release date and cast, but the trailer arrived to finally give audiences their first taste of the film. Though the trailer establishes characters and conflict, it doesn't give any indication of how the music will sound and actually showed off none of the iconic Broadway score. Time will tell exactly how the stage play's musical elements will be integrated into the film.

Mean Girls (2024) Release Date

The release date for Mean Girls (2024) has been set for January 12, 2024, and it will appear in theaters. The movie was initially pegged as a Paramount+ exclusive, but the studio has since opted for a full theatrical release. While this means Mean Girls (2024) is still going to find its way to Paramount+ to stream eventually, it’s still unclear when the film will arrive on streaming after it’s had its run in theaters.

Mean Girls (2024) Cast

The cast of Mean Girls (2024) has already been announced and includes several cast members reprising roles from the stage musical and film. Reneé Rapp will reprise her role after playing Regina George in the stage musical, for example, and Tim Meadows and Tina Fey will be reprising their Mean Girls (2004) roles as Principal Duvall and Ms. Norbury respectively. New cast members include Moana's Auliʻi Cravalho as Janis ‘Imi’ike, along with a range of new faces for the main characters. The complete cast for Mean Girls (2024) also includes:

Mean Girls (2024) Plot

The plot of Mean Girls (2024) follows both the original 2004 film and the Broadway musical with all three written by Tina Fey and based on the 2002 Rosaline Wiseman novel Queen Bees and Wannabes. The plot focuses on Cady, a teenage girl who grew up in Africa due to her parents working there. She then moves to the U.S. and has to integrate with the population of the local high school. She quickly notices how similar they are to the wild animals studied by her parents — and how easy it is to become one of them. All the key events from the Lindsay Lohan movie happen in the stage musical, and it stands to reason that the new movie will follow the same structure. This includes plenty of the Plastics and, above all, Regina George being pure evil. Mean Girls (2024) will feature multiple songs from the Broadway production, though it’s unclear which will make the cut.

Mean Girls (2024) Trailer

The November 2023 release of the Mean Girls (2024) trailer was perfectly timed and offers just the right amount of exciting build for the film's January 2024 release. Specifically crafted to pull on nostalgic heartstrings, the trailer not only reveals the familiar plot and reintroduces recast characters, but also shows that the overall look of the first film is preserved in the musical remake. The 2-minute teaser didn't include any of the Broadway show's signature tunes, but the film will feature an as-yet undisclosed sampling of tracks from the stage version.

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  Mean Girls (2024)

  Release Date:

  2024-01-12

  Director:

  Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.

  Cast:

  Angourie Rice, Auli'i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Reneé Rapp, Jon Hamm, Ashley Park, Jenna Fischer, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows

  Rating:

  Not Yet Rated

  Genres:

  Comedy, Musical

  Writers:

  Nell Benjamin, Tina Fey

  Story By:

  Tina Fey

  Studio(s):

  Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players

  Distributor(s):

  Paramount Pictures