EXCLUSIVE: Husband-wife team Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne have signed on to direct the film adaptation of Mean Girls the Musicalfor Paramount Players. The film will be produced by Lorne Michaels and Tina Fey with a script by Fey and featuring music by Jeff Richmond and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, who did the music from the Broadway production.
Erin David, Caroline Maroney, and Micah Frank are overseeing for Broadway Video and Eric Gurian for Little Stranger.
hearthemsing22 said: "*sigh* Is this necessary?? Why not just release a proshot. A movie musical of a musical of a movie based on a book is just too much. "
Why not both? I will say I am looking forward to the film version of Matilda, which is a musical based on a book that was also a very popular movie. But I’d also love if there was a pro-shot of the stage show… I’m also looking forward to the film version of Billy Elliot (if it actually gets made) and that is a musical based on a film that also has a pro-shot recording. So I don’t have a problem at all with having any musical being done as a film musical as long as investors and studios are willing to put up the money for us to continue getting movie musicals at all.
I don't know why, but a movie adaptation of a musical adaptation of a movie is just one step too far. (I don't count Everybody's Talking About Jamie or other documentary starts.)
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Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Hairspray (2007) are both movies based on musicals based on movies, and they turned out pretty well. However, both of those titles were originally cult classics and did not have the same notoriety or enduring success as Mean Girls. I think the weirdness comes from the original Mean Girls film being SO iconic that making another film version seems wrong. Not to mention that unlike Little Shop and Hairspray, Mean Girls wasn’t all that great on stage to begin with.
jacobsnchz14 said: "EXCLUSIVE:Husband-wife team Arturo Perez Jr. andSamantha Jaynehave signed on to direct the film adaptation ofMean Girls the Musicalfor Paramount Players. The film will be produced by Lorne Michaels and Tina Fey with a script by Fey and featuring music by Jeff Richmond and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, who did the music from the Broadway production.
Erin David, Caroline Maroney, and Micah Frank are overseeing for Broadway Video and Eric Gurian for Little Stranger.
I know it's a bit overly hyperbolic, but my initial reaction to this was that I'd rather stab my eyes out with a fork than see this. The show itself was already an awful interpretation of a modern classic. Does it need to be bastardized further?
I’m always pro-adaptation, but this one feels set up for failure. I enjoyed the musical, but it often felt like a tribute and/or companion piece to the 2004 film. I question whether it can stand alone.
Olivia Rodrigo has to be in their casting shortlist I assume?
Olivia Rodrigo is young and very in touch with her audience. Gen Z to the bone, who are hyper sensitive to "cringe" adaptations. They may offer it to her, but I bet you $50 she would absolutely not take it.
Hopefully this is only the first of many film roles for Jaquel
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