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Costume Designer

“Mean Girls” Costume Designer Tom Broecker on Dressing the Plastics as Gen Z

The movie based on the musical based on the 2004 movie Mean Girls is here, with Angourie Rice taking Lindsey Lohan’s place as Cady, the homeschooled teenager plunged into the catty horror of American public high school social politics. Written by Tina Fey and directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., in this musical ...

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  January 22, 2024

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“Mean Girls” Directors Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. Bring the Plastics Into the iPhone Age

The Plastics are back! Co-directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. – the wife and husband team behind Hulu’s Quarter Life Poetry – the remake of Mean Girls (in theaters now) is a hilarious—and very pink—update for the social media age. Twenty years later, the core theme from screenwriter Tina Fey, who wrote the ...

By Daron James  |  January 18, 2024
The Final “Mean Girls” Trailer Reveals Reneé Rapp’s New Regina George

The final trailer for Mean Girls has arrived, giving us a last look at Paramount’s upcoming movie musical, which was appropriately first glimpsed by audiences who went and saw Taylor Swift’s concert film in the theater. This musical version, from directors Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., is adapted from the 2018 Broadway play, which ...

By The Credits  |  January 3, 2024
“Mean Girls” Trailer Reveals the Reneé Rapp-led Movie Musical

Mean Girls is back, and it’s got a song to sing. Paramount’s movie musical, which was first glimpsed by audiences who went and saw Taylor Swift’s concert film in the theater, has revealed its first trailer online. This musical version is adapted from the 2018 Broadway play, itself an adaptation of the hit 2004 film (the ...

By The Credits  |  November 8, 2023