I have some very Fetch news for you today Reel Talkers! It has been announced that Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond’s hit Broadway musical Mean Girls, based on the 2004 teen movie classic, will be adapted for film at Paramount.
Fey, who wrote the original movie as well as the musical’s book, and Lorne Michaels, who also produced it, are aboard the new project, with Fey writing the script once again, with music by Richmond and lyrics by Nell Benjamin. The fact that all of the original creative team is on board is very encouraging for the project moving forward.
The musical, similar to the movie, follows Cady Heron who after growing up on an African savanna, returns to the U.S. to contend with the queen bees and popularity hijinks of high school in suburban Illinois. How will she rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. The film was a huge success in 2004, grossing $129 million worldwide & the musical production reports that it has recouped its capitalization and producers say they’re in final talks to take the musical to London’s West End in Spring 2021.
