It’s not a regular remake, it’s a cool remake: Paramount has shared the official trailer for their 2024 iteration of Mean Girls, out in theaters January 12th.
Like a set of pink-clad Russian dolls, this new Mean Girls film is adapted from the Broadway musical Mean Girls, which was adapted from Tina Fey’s 2004 comedy classic Mean Girls. Fey wrote the book for the stage version, which landed on Broadway in 2018, and is back as screenwriter for the 2024 film, too. (And, yes, she’s reprising her role as Ms. Norbury.)
For the uninitiated: Mean Girls (2024) stars Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, whose notably Caucasian family has just moved back to the states after a stint in Africa. She befriends two fellow outcasts at her new high school, Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey), and the three hatch a plan to take down the Plastics, an elite clique led by the infamous Regina George (Reneé Rapp, the only returning actor from the musical). It doesn’t go over so well.
The trailer doesn’t give too many details about the music of the film, but it looks like there will be a whole lot of dance sequences — and not just to “Jingle Bell Rock.” Mean Girls also stars Jenna Fischer as Ms. Heron, Jon Hamm as pregnancy skeptic Coach Carr, and Busy Philipps as “Cool Mom” Mrs. George. Lucky for us, Tim Meadows is also back to play Principal Duvall.
Watch the trailer for Mean Girls (2024) below.
As if this wasn’t enough Mean Girls nostalgia, Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, and Daniel Franzese also all just reunited for a very fetch Walmart commercial.
And here’s how it compares to the original:
