The limit does not exist for Mean Girlsthanks to the fact that an upcoming musical film proposes that we receive the coming year in the most fetch possible. The merciless ‘Plasticas’ and the Book of Evil will return to the big screen, now with songs and dance sequences that promise to be as amazing as a Regina George punch. A project in which the studio has so much confidence that it changed the original plan of releasing it exclusively on the streaming platform. streaming Paramount Plus.
Below, we tell you everything you need to know about this rhythmic reinvention of one of the most emblematic comedies of the 2000s.
What is it about?
The musical film Mean girls It is an adaptation of the Broadway play Mean Girlsnominated for twelve Tony Awards in 2018. For its part, this is based on the comedy film Mean girls (2004) starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, which in turn was inspired by the parenting book Queen Bees and Wannabes. The American author Rosalind Wiseman proposed through this best-sellerpublished in 2002, offers a different perspective on the way adolescent girls express their emotions and relate to their parents, their friends, and their partners.
Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to Queen Bees and Wannabes after the comedian Tina Fey —who at that time worked as an actress and screenwriter for Saturday night Live— expressed interest in making a movie based on that book. The story, however, was completely authored by Fey, who created the characters and the conflict based on his own high school experiences.
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The upcoming musical film once again boasts Tina Fey as screenwriter, who in addition to writing the iconic 2004 film, was also responsible for the script of the subsequent play. The lyrics of the songs that we will hear in this film, from the Broadway musical, passed through the pen of Nell Benjamin.
Paramount Pictures offers the following synopsis of Mean girls:
“From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new spin on the modern classic, Mean girls. New student Cady Heron is welcomed to the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called ‘The Plastics’, ruled by scheming queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the serious mistake of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend, Aaron Samuels, she finds herself in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets out to take down the group’s top predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis and Damian, she must learn to stay true to herself while navigating the most ruthless jungle of all: high school. .
Cast and production team
The cast is headed by Angourie Rice (Mare of Easttown) as Cady; Renee Rapp (The sexual life of university girls) as Regina; Auli’i Cravalho (Moana) as Janis; Baby Wood (Love, Victor) as Gretchen; Avantika (The year of my graduation) as Karen, and the theatrical actor Jaquel Spivey Like Damian.
They also act Christopher Briney (The summer I fell in love) as Aaron Samuels, Cady and Regina’s love interest; Jenna Fischer (The Office) as Mrs. Heron, Cady’s mother; Busy Philipps (Cougar Town) as Mrs. George, Regina’s mother; Mahi Alam (New Amsterdam) as charismatic student Kevin Gnapoor; Connor Ratliff (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) like Mr. Rapp, and John Hamm (Mad Men) as Coach Carr.
Besides, Tina Fey and Tim Meadows They play Professor Norbury and Principal Duvall, the same characters they played in the original film.
The musical film is directed by Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jaynea duo that has collaborated on several short films, as well as on Quarter Life Poetry (2019), a miniseries acclaimed at Sundance that the two created based on an original idea by Jayne and that humorously narrates different situations in which its twenty-something protagonist experiences different types of anxiety. In the case of Mean girlsthis is Jayne’s debut feature and Perez Jr.’s first fiction feature film.
In addition to working as an actress and screenwriter, Tina Fey is accredited as a producer, in complicity with Lorne Michaels, who also produced the 2004 film version through the Broadway Video banner. Finally, as executive producers, stand out lyricist Nell Benjamin and composer Jeff Richmond—who wrote the scores for the musical—along with Eric Gurian, Erin David and Pamela Thur.
When is the new movie released? Mean girls?
Mean girlsthe musical film, will hit Mexican theaters on January 11, 2024. Will there be preview screenings on Wednesday to wear pink? We’ll see.
Official poster
Trailer of Mean girls
Antonio G. Spindola I have very bad memory. Out of solidarity with my memories, I choose to get lost too. Preferably, in a movie theater.