[NEWS] Why 'Mean Moms' Is Cancelled

article by: Gregory Wakeman

CINEMA BLEND.com
"In news that 'Mean Girls' fans will find far from fetch, director and co-writer Sean Anders has admitted that the Jennifer Aniston led 'Mean Moms', the spin-off to the cult 2004 comedy Mean Girls, is currently on hiatus. However, despite the fact that progress on the film has stalled Sean remains hopeful that it will still come to the big screen because he really wants it to. He has already signed up to co-write Mean Moms alongside his writing partner John Morris, as well as direct it too.

director Sean Anders

He released the following statement:

"There is currently NO future in sight for Mean Moms. However, I'm fighting hard for it to enter production and be released." 

Aniston has dedicated herself to other film projects such as comedy/ensemble film Mother's Day opposite Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, and Jason Sudeikis, drama/war film The Yellow Birds opposite Toni Collette , and comedy film The Comedian opposite Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro - all three films due out in 2016. At the time production seemed a certainty, especially since Jennifer had signed up to star, and her previous comedic exploit  in 2013 We're the Millers had just grossed $270 million.

Anders added:

"It [Mean Moms] is currently in a holding pattern now. I just had  meeting with the studio last week and I am waiting for it to be officially green light. Not much I can say at the moment, but I've done many iterations of the script and have finished my final draft and I really, really want it to happen."

actress/comedienne Tina Fey

Rather than being a direct sequel to Mean Girls, it would instead be a spin-off that was adapted from Rosalind Wiseman's Queen Bee Moms and King Pin Dads: Dealing With the Parents, Teachers, Coaches, And Counselors Who Can Make - Or Break - Your Children's Future. Roasline Wiseman's Queen Bees and Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, And Other Realities Of Adolescence acted as the main inspiration for actress/comedienne Tina Fey's Mean Girls while penning that script. The problems arrived in May of 2014, New Line Cinema pulled Mean Moms from its release date, while insisting that it was still in development. More alarming was the fact that they didn't provide a new release date. After a year of indecision, Mean Moms was once again confirmed in May of 2015, and followed with an announcement that Sean Andres would be directing the film.

(2015) Daddy's Home

Clearly over the last few months something has happened to rock this boat, because both John Morris and Sean Anders appear to be as lost as anyone regarding Mean Moms future. Let's hope that it can gain some momentum again though, because Mean Girls is rightfully regarded as one of the funniest teen comedy films since the turn of the millennium. Written by Tina Fey, with actresses Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried in supporting roles, and led by Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls is just as great 11-years after it was released. Sean has been preoccupying his time directing Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in the comedy Daddy's Home, due in theaters Christmas Day of 2015. Fingers crossed we'll have a positive answer soon regarding Mean Moms fate."