Tina Fey’s beloved 2004 teen comedy Mean Girl is making its way back to the big screen, with a new movie of the Tony-nominated 2018 musical adaptation. Like the original film and musical, Fey and Lorne Michaels will produce. Fey will also pen the movie musical’s screenplay, as she did with both the original movie and the musical’s book for the stage.
The musicals songs — by composer Jeff Richmond (Fey’s husband) and lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde: The Musical) — will be used again. Casting and other details about the film will be announced at a later date.
“I’m very excited to bring Mean Girls back to the big screen,” Fey said in a statement. “It’s been incredibly gratifying to see how much the movie and the musical have meant to audiences. I’ve spent sixteen years with these characters now. They are my Marvel Universe and I love them dearly.”
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