John Tucker Must Die is a 2006 American high school c<!--THIS FILM IS NOT BLACK COMEDY! ANY CHANGES TO LABEL AS SUCH WILL BE REVERTED! DISAGREEMENT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON THE TALK PAGE FIRST!-->omedy romance film, directed by Betty Thomas. The film is about a trio of girls (played by Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush, and Ashanti) who plot to break the heart of manipulative basketball star John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) after they learn he has been secretly dating all three and pledging each is "the one". They recruit cute wallflower Kate (Brittany Snow) in their scheme to publicly humiliate the cad. Released in North America on July 29, 2006. The film reached number 3 in the US and number 1 in Australia.