The final trailer for Mean Girls has come close to admitting that the movie is a musical. The upcoming movie, which stars Angourie Rice as Cady Heron and Reneé Rapp as Regina George, is an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name by Tina Fey, Jeff Richmond, and Nell Benjamin, which was based on the iconic 2004 teen movie of the same name. However, the trailers for the new movie have been coy about advertising it as a musical, generally reducing the onscreen singing to a single line, “My name is Regina George.”
Paramount Pictures has unveiled the final trailer for the musical just over a week ahead of the official Mean Girls release date. Check it out below:
At first, the trailer seems to be pulling back on its musical elements, featuring “My name is Regina George” in voiceover rather than showing it sung by Rapp (who was one of the stars to play the role on Broadway). However, the trailer does feature a variety of moments that imply the presence of production numbers, including several shots of dancing and a pair of drumsticks banging against a locker.
More to come…
Mean Girls (2024)
Mean Girls is a reimagining of the 2004 classic comedy film as a musical, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. When Cady Heron and her family move from Africa to the United States; she experiences a culture shock when she enters the public school system for the first time. While trying to fit in, she is roped into the popular but superficial and cruel clique, the Plastics.
- Release Date
- January 12, 2024
- Director
- Samantha Jayne , Arturo Perez Jr.
- Cast
- Angourie Rice , Auli’i Cravalho , Jaquel Spivey , Reneé Rapp , Jon Hamm , Ashley Park , Jenna Fischer , Tina Fey , Tim Meadows
- Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Genres
- Comedy , Musical
- Writers
- Nell Benjamin , Tina Fey
- Story By
- Tina Fey
- Studio(s)
- Broadway Video , Little Stranger , Paramount Pictures , Paramount Players
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
