By Mariano Rojas Ruiz
04 Oct 2023, 02:57 AM EDT
He musical project inspired by the 2004 film “Mean Girls”will hit the big screen in 2024, this was revealed this October 3, on its pink day, which is celebrated on “Mean Girls” Day.
The musical of “Mean Girls”was intended to be a streaming platform project, due to the great success and high expectations it will arrive as a world premiere in theaters, reported on the project’s official account.
“Mean Girls” It is a musical written by Tina Feywho played teacher Sharon Norbury in the 2004 film, and who was also behind the film’s script, two years ago mentioned that she was working on a new adaptation of the story starring Lindsay Lohan, however, said that it could be a musical that he would take to Broadway; It will be released in theaters on January 12, 2024, 20 years later than the original version.
Until now it is known that the new film “Mean Girls” It will be an adaptation of the first, although with the musical part. The main cast of the film has also already been announced. Angourie Rice, whom we have seen in films such as Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, will be in charge of giving life to Cady Heron, character played by Lindsay Lohan.
In the role of Regina George, actress Reneé Rapp, who worked on series such as The Sex Lives of Collage Girl, will play the character that was previously played by Rachel McAdams.
Auli’i Cravalho will play Cady’s dark friend, Janis Ian. This character was played by Lizzy Caplan in 2004. Jaquel Spivey is the one who will play the funny Damien, Cady and Janis’s best friend. The cast is completed with Bebe Wood and Avantika Vandanapu will play Gretchen and Karen. The role of Aaron Samuel will be played by Christopher Briney.
He “Mean Girls” musical is an adaptation of the Broadway play “Mean Girls”nominated for twelve Tony Awards in 2018. For its part, this is based on the 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, which in turn was inspired by the parenting book Queen Bees and Wannabes.
The musical film is directed by Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne, who have collaborated on Quarter Life Poetry (2019), a miniseries acclaimed at Sundance that they both 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.
Why is it celebrated every October 3 and why do they wear pink?
According to the movie, this special date for the protagonist (Cady Heron) who mentions it in one of the most remembered scenes, on October 3. Because? This was the first day that her crush started a conversation with her.
This is a reference to the golden rule of “Mean Girls” which is that “on Wednesdays we wear pink.” Therefore, thousands of fans around the world agreed to follow the rule every October 3 as a way to celebrate or honor the film.
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