Join co-directors Samantha Jayne + Arturo Perez Jr., along with members of the cast, for a behind-the-scenes look at Mean Girls. Jayne and Perez Jr. discuss bringing their vision to the big screen, including taking a deeper dive into the journey of the characters and more.
From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, Mean Girls. New student Cady Heron (Angourie 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 (Reneé Rapp) and her minions Gretchen (Bebe Wood) and Karen (Avantika). However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels (Christopher Briney), she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey), she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.
Mean Girls is produced by Lorne Michaels and Tina Fey. Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, Eric Gurian, Erin David, and Pamela Thur serve as executive producers. Based on the Stage Musical “MEAN GIRLS." The screenplay is by Tina Fey.
Mean Girls, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., opens in theaters on January 12, 2024.
From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, Mean Girls. New student Cady Heron (Angourie 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 (Reneé Rapp) and her minions Gretchen (Bebe Wood) and Karen (Avantika). However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels (Christopher Briney), she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey), she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.
Mean Girls is produced by Lorne Michaels and Tina Fey. Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, Eric Gurian, Erin David, and Pamela Thur serve as executive producers. Based on the Stage Musical “MEAN GIRLS." The screenplay is by Tina Fey.
Mean Girls, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., opens in theaters on January 12, 2024.
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00:00 Sam and Art are incredible visionaries.
00:03 They're so good.
00:04 And action!
00:07 Queen Girls.
00:09 The story is still so relevant.
00:11 It's not a remake. It's like a rediscovery.
00:15 That is tits.
00:17 She means that's great.
00:18 The original was so well done,
00:20 but we wanted to go deeper into the journey of these characters.
00:24 And musicality just allows you to do that.
00:27 I don't care who you are.
00:31 They know how to shoot music really well,
00:34 and with a fresh take.
00:35 We killed it, girl!
00:38 They wanted it to feel like something we had never seen before.
00:42 They had incredible ideas for the movie to feel dynamic and exciting.
00:46 Every take and every scene, they come in with so much energy.
00:51 A power dynamic.
00:52 They're amazing.
00:53 Creative geniuses, to be honest.
00:55 So true.
00:56 This movie, it's a good time.
00:58 It's super fun. Audiences will really enjoy it.
01:01 You can be really hot if you change, like, everything.
01:06 Oh no, she didn't.
01:07 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:09 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:10 Woo!