John Tucker Must Die is a 2006 American teen romantic comedy movie directed by Betty Thomas. The movie is about a trio of girls who plot to break the heart of manipulative basketball star John Tucker after they learn he has been secretly dating all three and pledging each is "the one". They recruit cute wallflower Kate in their scheme to publicly humiliate the main male lead. The movie made $68 million worldwide. It stars Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Jenny McCarthy and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.