The official trailer for Mean Girls – the 2024 version – opens with the disclaimer: “This isn’t your mother’s Mean Girls.” It then goes on to confirm it’s pretty much the Mean Girls you know and love, but updated for the TikTok generation.
The trailer drop was accompanied by a batch of photos along with details on the plot.
The updated Mean Girls stars Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, Auli’i Cravalho as Janis ‘Imi’ike, Reneé Rapp as Regina George, Jaquel Spivey as Damian Hubbard, Avantika as Karen Shetty, and Bebe Wood as Gretchen Wieners. Christopher Briney is Aaron Samuels, Jenna Fischer is Ms. Heron, Busy Philipps is Mrs. George, Ashley Park is Madame Park, Tina Fey is Ms. Norbury, and Tim Meadows is Mr. Duvall.
The original 2004 was directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Tina Fey, based on Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes. The new film has Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. directing, with Tina Fey penning the screenplay based on the Mean Girls stage musical (book by Tina Fey, music by Jeff Richmond).
Fey and Lorne Michaels serve as producers. Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, Eric Gurian, Erin David, and Pamela Thur executive produce.
“From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, Mean Girls. New student Cady Heron (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 (Rapp) and her minions Gretchen (Wood) and Karen (Avantika). However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels (Briney), she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs,” reads Paramount Pictures’ synopsis. “As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis (Cravalho) and Damian (Spivey), she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.”
Paramount Pictures is unleashing Mean Girls in theaters on January 12, 2024.
