15. Fay famously never considered writing a sequel to her hit novel, and is on record as regretting that decision. “At the time, we wanted to start talking about a sequel, but for some reason I was like, ‘No!!! We shouldn’t do that!'” she told EW in 2014. But now, no, it’s too late. ”
But as she told Variety in 2018, “It’s probably better that way because you save all the energy doing that.”
The Mean Girls musical, which she wrote with her husband, 30 rock composer Jeff Richmond, premiered in 2017 before opening on Broadway in April 2018. It was nominated for 12 Tony Awards and nine Drama Desk Awards that year, with Fey winning Best Musical for the latter, and was the inspiration for the 2024 Mean Girls musical.
A sequel has not been made, but a movie called Mean Girls 2 is in the works. A made-for-TV “sequel” aired on ABC Family (now Freeform) in 2011 and was a standalone story with no connection to the original film, except for Tim Meadows reprising his role as the principal. It wasn’t very well received.
In 2024, a movie version of the musical, “Mean Girls,” was released. Angourie Rice plays Caddy; Renee Rapp reprized her Broadway role as Regina. Other cast members include Bebe Wood (Gretchen), Avantika (Karen), Jaquel Spivey (Damien), Auli’i Cravalho (Janice), and Christopher Blaney (Aaron).
