Paramount has released a “Mean Girls” featurette where producer and screenwriter Tina Fey talks about the film and musical’s lasting impact and how these devious characters have become so belove
“Over the years, I’ve realized that these characters and this story have had a much longer shelf life than anyone anticipated,” Fey says. “For this new movie, how can we surprise and delight people who are already familiar with the story?”
Some of the newest Mean Girls like Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho, and Christopher Briney reflect upon the franchises legacy by talking about how the original 2004 film impacted them. Because when you watch the original “Mean Girls,” “everyone knows the trio in pink,” Cravalho said.
The featurette also teases some of the metaness as well as the surprises we can expect to see in the new telling, including how its an adaptation of the musical – which is actually an adaptation of the 2004 film – and how they try to through in a new nods like fetch.
Paramount Pictures will offer the Early Access Screening event on Wednesday, January 10 at 7:00pm local time, presented in select theatres across the country including Dolby Cinema auditoriums and other premium format screens. Tickets for the Early Access Screening Event and participating theatres can be found HERE.
Fey and Tim Meadows reprise their roles from the original film, with Jenna Fischer and Jon Hamm joining the franchise as newcomers.
Directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., “Mean Girls” is scheduled to hit theaters on January 12, 2024.
Here’s the official plot synopsis for “Mean Girls:”
From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, MEAN GIRLS. New student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called “The Plastics,” ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George (Reneé Rapp) and her minions Gretchen (Bebe Wood) and Karen (Avantika). However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels (Christopher Briney), she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey), she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.
