Author Who Inspired 'Mean Girls' Says Tina Fey Owes Her More Money
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING The author whose book inspired “Mean Girls” is speaking out as production on a new iteration of the era-defining coming-of-age comedy gets underway. Speaking to the New York Post, Rosalind Wiseman said she is considering taking legal action against Tina Fey and Paramount Studios for what she says is her fair share of the money generated by the ongoing success of “Mean Girls,” which is adapted from her 2002 book “Queen Bees and Wannabes.” Wiseman said she was paid just over $400,000 for the movie rights to her book, which Fey used as the basis for the “Mean Girls” screenplay. “I think it’s fair for me to be able to get compensated in some way for the work that has changed our culture and changed the zeitgeist.” Lindsay Lohan and Tina Fey in 2004's "Mean Girls." You don’t just talk about supporting women, you actually do it.” Echoing those sentiments was Wiseman’s attorney, Ryan Keech, who told the Post that his client has been treated “shabbily” by Fey and Paramount Pictures, which distributed “Mean Girls.” “It is nothing short of shameful for a company with the resources of Paramount to go to the lengths to which it has gone to deny Ms. Wiseman what she is fairly entitled to for having created what has become one of the most iconic entertainment franchises of the last 25 years,” he said. Bruce Glikas via Getty Images Released in 2004, “Mean Girls” was a critical and commercial hit, grossing a reported $130 million at the box office worldwide.
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