The Mean Girls Soundtrack Cuts 7 Songs From The Musical

The Plastics are about to sing a lot more than just “Jingle Bell Rock.” After nearly 20 years away, Mean Girls is stomping back onto the big screen with a new movie. No, it’s not the long-rumored sequel, but rather an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Mean Girls. The production, which debuted on Broadway in 2018 and was nominated for 11 Tonys that year, retells the story of Cady Heron’s rise and fall in the brutal high-school social scene with catchy, original songs. And an exciting new cast of talent will bring the iconic roles to life with a whole new singing-and-dancing element. The Mean Girls musical movie cast is seriously so fetch, and now we finally know when it will premiere.

Mean Girls scribe Tina Fey first announced plans to turn adapt her hit musical for the screen back in the beginning of 2020. As everyone knows, 2020 didn’t pan out to be a super productive year in showbiz, so the project took some time to get going, but now it’s about to make its big-screen debut at long last. After Paramount unveiled its first four main cast members for the musical movie at the end of 2022, the studio confirmed a premiere date a year later.

The Cast Is Stacked With Talent

The first four cast members revealed were Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, and Jaquel Spivey. Rice, who had a breakout year in 2021 as Siobhan on Mare of Easttown, will climb the social ladder as Cady Heron, with Moana star Cravalho and A Strange Loop standout Spivey by her side as besties Janis Ian and Damian Hubbard, respectively. But the ultimate queen bee, Regina George, will be played by Sex Lives of College Girls star Rapp.

Rapp’s casting is also notable since she actually played Regina in the Mean Girls musical on Broadway. Rapp took over the role in 2019, stepping in for Taylor Louderman, who originated the Regina part.

Rounding out the Plastics is Bebe Wood as Gretchen and Avantika Vandanapu as Karen. The Summer I Turned Pretty star Christopher Briney will continue his heartthrob ways as Aaron Samuel. The rest of the cast boasts some sitcom icons, like Jenna Fischer as Ms. Heron, Busy Philipps as Ms. George, and Jon Hamm as Coach Carr.

And two original Mean Girls stars will be reprising their iconic roles: Tina Fey will be back as Ms. Norbury, alongside Tim Meadows as Principal Duvall.

Don’t hold out hope that any more of the original 2004 movie’s stars to pop up in this musical adaptation, though. Just a couple week’s prior to the cast announcement, Lindsay Lohan made it clear she isn’t interested in being involved in the musical movie, and Amanda Seyfried agreed the tone wouldn’t be right for them.

The Soundtrack Makes A Lot Of Changes

For Broadway fans, the movie’s soundtrack was a huge source of speculation from the start. On Jan. 3, Interscope finally confirmed the tracklist of songs that would be featured in the film.

Unsurprisingly, the movie will still include some of the musical’s biggest numbers, like “World Burn” and “I’d Rather Be Me,” but fans of the musical were disappointed that a handful of original songs were cut. The seven songs from the musical that won’t appear in the movie are:

• “It Roars”
• “Where Do You Belong?”
• “Fearless”
• “Stop”
• “Whose House Is This?”
• “More Is Better”
• “Do This Thing”

The soundtrack also adds a new song for Cady called “What Ifs,” gives Cady’s part to Damian in “Apex Predator,” and ends with Rapp’s new collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, “Not My Fault.”

The Movie Will Release In Theaters Soon

Originally, the movie was meant to stream on Paramount+, but the studio decided to move it from the small screen to the big one. Now, Mean Girls: The Musical will release in theaters on Jan. 12.

The Trailer Is A Wild Ride

The full trailer for the movie dropped on Nov. 8, revealing Reneé Rapp’s new take on the iconic role of Regina George. The trailer is packed with treats for fans of the original movie, but also reveals some new twists on the familiar story, including a different way that Cady, Janice, and Damian try to sabotage Regina.