Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool has the story, revealing that Melanie Mayron is helming the sequel. Mayron is best known as a director of numerous teen oriented TV shows, including small screen versions of 10 Things I Hate About You
and the most recent 90210
. The original 2004 Mean Girls was written by Tina Fey and starred Lindsay Lohan as the new girl in town who finds herself part of the cool clique of hot chicks in school. Co-starring Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert, Mean Girls would go on to be a surprise hit, grossing nearly $90M.
There's been no confirmation that any of the principles from the last film will be reprising their roles. In fact, this one has the stink of "straight-to-DVD" all over it. So what do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Check out the plot synopsis below and let us know what you think.
SYNOPSIS
The story revolves around a new high school student, Jo, who agrees to befriend an outcast, Abby, at the urging of Abby’s wealthy father in exchange for paying all of Jo’s costs for the college of her dreams. Jo and Abby team up to take on the school’s “mean girls,” the Plastics. The story becomes a high stakes battle of loyalty that ultimately comes to a head when one of our heroines finds out that her friendship has been bought and paid for.
