Today TikTok is playing nice to all the world’s “Mean Girls.”
In honor of October 3rd doubling as Mean Girls day and National Boyfriend Day, Paramount Pictures is launching the original 2004 film on TikTok — in 23 parts.
At midnight, Paramount debuted an official account on TikTok, hoping to introduce the cult classic to a younger audience and made the entire one hour, 47 minute film available for free on the platform.
The account quickly mushroomed from 700 to 77.9K followers and growing and the page already has over 1.1M likes.
“Get in loser, we’re going shopping, the bio for the official “Mean Girls” TikTok account reads.
Written by Tina Fey, “Mean Girls” originally hit theaters in 2004 and starred Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese and Amy Poehler.
According to the film’s official synopsis, “After living in Africa with her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lohan) must brave the wilds of high school where she is taken under the wing of the popular girls, The Plastics, led by the cool and cruel Regina George (McAdams).”
Directed by Mark Waters, “Mean Girls” grossed over $86M stateside and $130M worldwide and inspired a hit Broadway musical.
The new “Mean Girls” movie based on the musical stars Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Avantika, Mahi Alam, Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, Ashley Park, Connor Ratliff and Jon Hamm.
The theatrical release date has been set for Jan. 12, 2024, which is the MLK 4-day holiday weekend.
“Mean Girls” is currently available on Paramount+ and is free to watch on YouTube with ads.
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