The Dishes Are Done Again—But This Time Tanya Runs Summer
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, 2024 edition, is officially here—and yes, they remade THAT ’90s cult classic. The new trailer brings the Crandell-family setup into the present with Simone Joy Jones taking over the teenage survival shift made famous by Christina Applegate.
The remake opens in theaters on April 12, 2024, giving a new generation its own summer of unsupervised siblings, disappearing grocery money, fashion-office deception and the sudden realization that keeping a household alive is somehow more complicated than the adults made it look.
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The Dishes Are Done—Now Start The Double Feature
The new Crandell family is ready for its own chaotic summer, but the 1991 original remains essential homework. Visit the official film page, then put both generations on the rewatch list.
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This time, Jones plays Tanya Crandell, a 17-year-old preparing for a summer in Spain before heading to Howard University. Those plans collapse when her overwhelmed mother, played by Ms. Pat, leaves for a wellness retreat in Thailand and places Tanya and her three siblings under the care of an elderly babysitter.
Then the title happens.
With the babysitter unexpectedly dead, the children keep the news from their mother and attempt to survive the summer on their own. Tanya eventually lies her way into a job at a fashion company, where Nicole Richie steps into the supportive-but-formidable Rose role that Joanna Cassidy made unforgettable in the original.
June Squibb plays the doomed Mrs. Sturak, while Jermaine Fowler, Donielle Tremaine Hansley Jr., Miles Fowler, Iantha Richardson, Gus Kenworthy and Tyriq Withers round out the new ensemble. The film is directed by Wade Allain-Marcus and written by Chuck Hayward, with Tyra Banks involved as an executive producer through SMiZE Productions.
The Original Was Never Just About A Dead Babysitter
The 1991 film starred Christina Applegate as Sue Ellen Crandell, with Concetta Tomei as the terrifying Mrs. Sturak and Joanna Cassidy as Rose Lindsey. What began as a slightly deranged teen-comedy premise became a coming-of-age favorite about responsibility, ambition, sibling survival and the deeply glamorous lie of pretending to be qualified at work.
It also gave pop culture two immortal declarations: “The dishes are done, man” and “I’m right on top of that, Rose.” Any remake walking into this house must understand that viewers are not merely protective of the plot. They are protective of the blazers, the fashion show, the petty sibling warfare and every beautifully delivered excuse.
The new film does not appear interested in simply photocopying Sue Ellen’s summer. Tanya has her own plans, family dynamics and workplace obstacles, while the Southern California story now centers a Black family and updates the comedy around a very different cultural moment.
Still, the trailer understands exactly why the title continues to work. A parent leaves. A terrifying babysitter arrives. The babysitter dies. The children make the objectively terrible decision not to tell Mom. From there, adulthood becomes the world’s most elaborate unpaid internship.
Will the remake earn its own place beside the original, or will we spend the entire runtime waiting for somebody to get right on top of something? We find out April 12.
Watch The 2024 Don’t Tell Mom Trailer
The first trailer introduces Simone Joy Jones as Tanya, Nicole Richie as Rose and June Squibb as the babysitter whose sudden death sends the Crandell household into survival mode.
Source: Official trailer via INYIM Media Instagram. This archived INYIM post was restored and lightly reformatted for readability.
