Mean Girls the Musical movie: Release date, cast, plot, & more

Get ready to wear pink and make fetch happen, as the movie adaptation of the Mean Girls Musical is on its way.

Mean Girls has been a staple comedy movie ever since it first came out in 2004. It was so popular that a movie musical seemed inevitable, and sure enough, the film’s creator Tina Fey was more than happy to oblige.

The Tony-nominated musical hit Broadway back in 2018, running all the way until 2021. Its 833 show run was sadly affected by the global constrictions at the time, so many a fan saw the show as being closed prematurely.

But not for those who never got the chance to see the show – or those who want to see it again – the Mean Girls Musical is finally coming to the big screen. Here’s everything we know about it so far.

Contents:

• Means Girls musical movie release date
• Casting details for Mean Girls musical movie
• Mean Girls the musical trailer
• Plot for Mean Girls musical

Mean Girls the Musical movie release date: When is the film coming out?

Mean Girls the movie musical will hit cinemas on January 12, 2024.

The cast began production back in March of this year, but the movie had been planned since 2020: “I’m very excited to bring Mean Girls back to the big screen,” said Tina Fey to Playbill. “It’s been incredibly gratifying to see how much the movie and the musical have meant to audiences.”

Although, in another interview with Fandango, Fey stared that the movie had been completed in a month.

While the film was initially set to stream on Paramount+, as of September it was made clear that the movie would be getting a theatrical release.

Mean Girls the Musical movie cast: Who is working on the film?

The main cast for the movie musical is as follows:

• Angourie Rice as Cady Heron
• Auli’i Cravalho as Janis Ian
• Jaquel Spivey as Damian Hubbard
• Reneé Rapp as Regina George
• Bebe Wood as Gretchen Wieners
• Avantika Vandanapu as Karen Smith
• Christopher Briney as Aaron Samuels
• Tim Meadows as Principal Mr. Duvall
• Tina Fey as Ms. Sharon Norbury
• Busy Philipps as Mrs. George
• Jenna Fisher as Mrs. Heron
• Mahi Alam as Kevin Gnapoor
• Connor Ratliff as Mr. Rapp
• Jon Hamm as Coach Carr

As for other familiar faces, Amanda Seyfried, who played Karen Smith in the original movie, told Entertainment Tonight that she and her former co-stars are “100 percent into” making a cameo in the upcoming film: “It’s been a long legacy for Mean Girls and I think we all kinda need to hang.”

As for behind the camera, Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne are directing the project, with Fey writing the screenplay. Nell Benjamin has signed on as the lyricist, although Tina Fey has also confirmed to Fandango that Renee Rapp, who plays Regina, has co-written new songs for the movie.

Mean Girls the Musical movie trailer: Is there a trailer?

Mean Girls fans, you’re in luck, as the first trailer for the movie musical has dropped. You can watch it down below:

While the trailer does not include much singing in dancing, it does set up the plot and highlight some of the slight differences between the OG movie and the musical.

Of course, all the fan-favorite characters are back, with Rapp’s Regina George taking center stage.

Mean Girls the Musical movie plot: What happens in the film?

The plot will follow both the original musical and movie, which is as such: “Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naïve newbie falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.”

Star Reneé Rapp revealed to Us Weekly that “A lot of it is different. Tina [Fey] is such a creative genius and such a creative freak, and her partner, Jeff Richmond, who does all of the music, is as well. So there’s definitely different things.

“There might be different songs. Some songs that are in the musical version might be in the movie or might not be.”

According to an interview with Fandango, the 2024 film will not be a remake of the 2004 film nor the Broadway Musical, but instead it will be a hybrid of both.

We will update this article as we learn more.

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