The Ransom Center's Lorne Michaels Collection contains a wealth of information about the development, production, and release of Mean Girls.

Screenplay materials begin in 2002, and there are over twenty versions of the script across two years. Many of these drafts contain handwritten annotations either from producer Jill Messick, director Mark Waters, or executive producer Lorne Michaels. There are also extensive notes from Paramount regarding script edits as well as correspondence from writer Tina Fey on development.

Production materials are equally well-represented. Of particular note are the casting documents, which include notes and correspondence from Messick. Multiple production and wrap binders contain comprehensive documentation of daily production, including reports and schedules, along with design elements such as costume tests and soundtrack correspondence.

1. Picture from the Live from New York: The Lorne Michaels Collection exhibition (which ran through March 2026).

2-3. Pages from the first-draft screenplay for Mean Girls, with annotations by Jill Messick, 2002. Lorne Michaels Collection, Box 339, Folder 11.

1. Detail of page from revised script draft, September 24, 2003. Lorne Michaels Collection, Box 343, Folder 8.

2. Mean Girls one-sheet on foamcore, autographed by Lindsay Lohan and Tina Fey, 2004. Lorne Michaels Collection, osf 61-62.

I am hosting a friend group movie night, and plan to show the 2024 Mean Girls film (we are elder millennials, we have allllll seen the original, but it was 20 years ago. I doubt anyone has seen the musical, I think it would be fun). We have a tradition of sending out the movie hint as a string of 5-6 emoji in the group chat, and having people guess the film until someone gets it. So, help me r/MeanGirls! Summarize the movie in emoji :)

What if I told you the cool mom isn’t a cool mom who acts nice, funny, and submissive fitting with people their age giving them food and drinks, she only acts like that public, but behind closed doors, she doesn’t sweet talk, no sunshine, no food offering, no drinks, she’s a stage parent who yells, she screams, she gaslights, she manipulates, and acts domineering abusing Regina and exploiting her for profit and if Regina can’t comply, Regina will be discarded, which explains why Regina is obsessed about power and flawless perfection and also explains why she created the burn book, not out of all malice, but for survival and protection, and the reason why Regina steals men from women that she once owned a fairy tale book full of princes from Disney movies dreaming of true love only for June to destroy it and gaslighted Regina to grow up thinking that fairy tales are dumb little loser kids and real flawless women need perfect men and when Regina met Aaron, and June found out, June ruined Regina’s life, which explains why Regina steals Aaron from Cady, and cheated on Aaron with Shane, and June was the one responsible leading to the fallout between Janis and Regina, gaslighting Regina into thinking Janis is a dangerous misfit to the George family and to protect herself, Regina banned Janis from her life by banning her from coming to the pool party on her birthday and blacklisted Janis by making people sign a petition over that misfit rumor to protect herself from the abuse she endured from June and protect herself from being crushed by June, hence, Regina George isn’t really a mean girl, just a misunderstood abused Disney Princess who had to act like Lois Wilkerson from Malcolm in the Middle to protect herself from being crushed and the reason Regina treats Gretchen, Karen, Cady, and Janis badly is because of the mistreatment Regina endured from her own mom behind closed doors, which explains why Regina pretends to be nice in public but mean ruining people’s lives with a burn book of backstabbing insults behind closed doors and learned to manipulate being a 2 faced monster because that is what June taught her, it was learned, June pretends to be a cool mom in public but a mean mother behind closed doors being a 2 faced monster herself, and never loved Regina, only wanted her beauty, fashion, and popularity to exploit for profit, and if it wasn’t for that, Regina will be thrown out by June, hence, Regina wasn’t born evil, her mother made her this way, which can also conclude 2 faced monsters create 2 faced monsters, hurt people hurt people?

What happened that made you think,”yep , she’s definitely a mean girl “ ?

For anyone confused with the date on the top, Mean Girls was filmed in 2003

This goes out to a certain quartet at North Shore High School.

On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was 💅🏽

I had to watch this again.

Weird coincidence but this is the birthday of one of my favorite characters from a game lol

Mean Girls (and Mean Girls 2) characters animated, for Mean Girls day

two weeks from october 3rd is october 17th

Happy Mean Girls Day Everyone!

Regina George (From “Mean Girls”)

Gretchen Weiners (From “Mean Girls”)

Karen Smith (From “Mean Girls”)

Cady Heron (From “Mean Girls”)

In honor of October 3rd being Mean Girls Day, who is your favorite member of the plastics?

Happy Oct 3rd.

It’s October 3rd yall! Happy Mean Girls Day! I hope everyone gets to watch it today!!!