15. Fey famously by no means thought of writing a sequel to the hit movie, a call she’s gone on report as regretting. “On the time we did wish to begin the dialog concerning the sequel, and for no matter cause I used to be like, ‘No!!! We should not do this!'” she informed EW in 2014. “Now I look again and I am like, ‘Why?’ However now, no—it is too late now.”
As she informed Selection in 2018, nonetheless, “Perhaps it is higher, as a result of we will save all of the vitality for this.”
This being the Imply Women musical she wrote with husband and 30 Rock composer Jeff Richmond that premiered in 2017 earlier than opening on Broadway in April 2018. Nominated for 12 Tony Awards and 9 Drama Desk Awards that yr, it gained Fey the award for Excellent E book of a Musical on the latter and served as inspiration for 2024’s Imply Women musical.
And whereas there’s been no sequel ever made, there was a movie produced bearing the moniker Imply Women 2. The made-for-TV “sequel” aired on ABC Household (now Freeform) in 2011 and was a stand-alone story that had nothing to do with the unique movie except for having Tim Meadows reprise his function as the varsity’s principal. It was not well-received.
In 2024, Imply Women, a movie adaptation of the musical, was launched. Angourie Rice performed Cady and Reneé Rapp reprised her Broadway function as Regina. Different forged members included Bebe Wooden (Gretchen) Avantika (Karen), Jaquel Spivey (Damian), Auli’i Cravalho (Janis) and Christopher Briney (Aaron).
