Ms. Norbury and Principal Duvall are headed back to North Shore High!
Tina Feyrevealed during a Thursday appearance onLate Night with Seth Meyersthat both she and Tim Meadows willreprise their roles intheupcomingMean Girlsmovie musical, based on their 2004 film of the same name and the subsequent Broadway production.
After revealing production will begin March 6, Fey, 52, praised the “amazing cast” of the upcoming film — which includesAngourie Riceas Cady,Reneé Rappas Regina,Auli’i Cravalhoas Janis and Jaquel Spivey as Damian.
“I do want to give you credit, you and Tim had parts in the original film that you couldn’t age out of,“Seth Meyerssaid of his fellowSaturday Night Livealums Fey and Meadows, 62.
“Teachers work forever,” agreed Fey, joking, “I want it to be like when Gilligan fromGilligan’s Islandwould be at a trade show and you’d be like, ‘Oh, he looks so old in his little hat.’ That’s my goal.”
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Tina Fey and Seth Meyers.Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images
“It’s a fascinating process, actually, because [on] Broadway, everything has to play to the back of the house. And in movies, you can kind of come back in and things can play really intimately,” she explained.
Fey went on to praise their “very cool directing team” and choreographer, promising, “It’s gonna be good.”
Tim Meadows and Tina Fey inMean Girls(2004).Michael Gibson/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
The movie is headed for a Paramount+ debut, according toDeadlineandThe Hollywood Reporter. Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. are the directors, andSNL’s Lorne Michaels and Fey, who wrote the Broadway show and the 2004 film, will produce.
“I’m very excited to bringMean Girlsback to the big screen,” Fey said in a statement back in January 2020. “It’s been incredibly gratifying to see how much the movie and the musical have meant to audiences. I’ve spent sixteen years with these characters now. They are my Marvel Universe and I love them dearly.”
“We’re thrilled to bebringing this iconic property back to the big screenin musical form with our incredible filmmaking team,” added Elizabeth Raposo, President of Production for Paramount Pictures.
Late Night with Seth Meyersairs weeknights at 12:35 a.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
