Valley Girl is a 2020 American jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, written by Amy Talkington from a story by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane, and produced by Matt Smith and Steven J. Wolfe.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer first announced a musical remake in February 2012, but it was halted until November 2016 when Goldenberg joined the project as director and Rothe was cast in the lead role.
In present day, Ruby Richman arrives home, upset about breaking up with her boyfriend that night over her plans to participate in a study program in Japan.
In the early 1980s, Julie is a Valley girl who lives in Encino, Los Angeles, frequents shopping malls with her friends, Stacey, Karen and Loryn and dates Mickey, a popular but arrogant jock.
She also aspires to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, rather than Cal State Northridge, as her parents and friends expect.
In present day, Julie reveals that Safety Recall signed a record deal in New York as she was finishing her degree at FIT and joined them on their first tour before eventually breaking up with Randy.
In the end, text appears on screen, revealing everyone's future successes, except for Mickey who received a restraining order from the producers of The Bachelor for repeatedly sending them his audition tape.
In February 2012, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures announced a musical remake of 1983 film Valley Girl with Clay Weiner directing.
[8] In May 2017, Mae Whitman joined the cast as Jack, Randy's lesbian best friend and bandmate, followed in June by Peyton List as Courtney, a cheerleader.
The song "We Got the Beat", performed by Jessica Rothe, Chloe Bennet, Jessie Ennis, and Ashleigh Murray, was released as a promotional single on April 24, 2020.
The film was initially set to receive a wide theatrical release on the same date, but these plans were cancelled due to the movie theater closures since mid March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The website's critical consensus reads, "Valley Girl won't, like, make you forget the original or anything, but as a breezy jukebox musicals go, it's still fairly rad.