Mean Girls is a 2024 American teen musical comedy film directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. from a screenplay written by Tina Fey. It is based on the stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on the 2004 film, itself based on Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes. A new student discovers high school social dynamics are more cutthroat than she thought in this musical adaptation of the beloved teen comedy. Watch trailers & learn more. Mean Girls (2024) is a modern reimagining of the iconic 2004 teen comedy, based on the book by Rosalind Wiseman. Set in a high school, the film follows a new student, Cady Heron, who navigates the complex social hierarchy. 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...
