Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey and Renee Rapp are set to lead the cast of “Mean Girls,” a film adaptation of the Broadway musical which itself is an adaptation of the 2004 teen comedy feature.
Set for a debut directly on the Paramount+ service, the film follows teenager Cady Heron who moves from Africa with her scientist parents to the suburbs of Illinois where she gets swept up in the dynamics of her new high school’s social hierarchy.
Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams starred in the original film, which earned $128 million globally. Rice, Rapp, Cravalho and Spivey will respectively take on the roles Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Franzese played in the original film.
Lorne Michaels will return to produce with original “Mean Girls” writer and star Tina Fey who wrote the book for the Broadway show.
Fey will also write the movie musical’s feature script, with music by Jeff Richmond and lyrics by Nell Benjamin.
Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. are set to direct.
Source: THR
