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0 / 3 watchedRelease order. Each film stands alone, so this is the order that shows how the franchise evolved.
- 1 Mean Girls Cady Heron joins the Plastics at North Shore High. Released April 30, 2004.
- 2 Mean Girls 2 Standalone TV sequel with a new cast; only Principal Duvall returns. Premiered January 23, 2011 on ABC Family.
- 3 Mean Girls Film version of the Broadway musical with Renee Rapp as Regina George. Released January 12, 2024.
About Mean Girls
Mean Girls (2004), written by Tina Fey, follows Cady Heron into the social war of North Shore High, and Mean Girls 2 (2011) is a standalone TV sequel with new characters.
Mean Girls (2024) adapts the Broadway stage musical, with Fey and Tim Meadows returning in their original roles.
Good to know
Tina Fey had no involvement in Mean Girls 2, which premiered on ABC Family on January 23, 2011. The 2024 film adapts the stage musical that ran on Broadway from 2018 to 2020 rather than remaking the 2004 plot directly.
