Everyone say thank you to Jamie Lee Curtis, who has been pushing for a Freaky Friday sequel harder than anyone else for years.
Back in October 2022, Curtis revealed she had pitched her own premise for Freaky Friday 2, hoping to play a “sexy grandma” alongside OG costar Lindsay Lohan. “Let me be the grandma, let me be the old grandma who switches places, so then Lindsay gets to be the sexy grandma who’s still happy with Mark Harmon in all the ways you would be happy with Mark Harmon,” Curtis said during an appearance on The View. “I would like to see Lindsay be the hot grandma, and I would like to see me try to deal with toddlers today. I want to be a helicopter parent in today’s world.”
Lohan later confirmed that Curtis had reached out to her about the idea while she was filming another project. “Jamie Lee Curtis writes you, and you just get excited and distracted immediately, so I had to bring myself back down to earth,” Lohan told Jimmy Fallon. “And then she said ‘Freaky Friday 2,’ and I got more excited.”
Two years later Freaky Friday 2 is officially in the works. On March 29, 2024, Curtis teased the news by reposting a selfie from her November 2023 reunion with Lohan. ““DUH! FFDEUX,” she captioned her new post, tagging Disney and Disney Plus. The media company then confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the sequel is in the works. Here’s everything we know.
Who is involved?
Per THR, Nisha Ganatra (Welcome to Chippendales) has been tapped to direct the project, and Curtis and Lohan are on board to reprise their roles from the 2003 body-switching comedy. In the original film, rebellious teen Anna Coleman (Lohan), swaps bodies with her straight-laced mom, Tessa Coleman (Curtis). And let’s just say, watching Curtis swoon over motorcycle-riding Chad Michael Murray is reason enough to give the film a rewatch.
Besides her selfie with Lohan, Curtis also shared a photo with Ganatra and Dollface writer Jordan Weiss, captioned, “Girl power! We are just missing a hot redhead and the team would be complete.”
Lindsay responded to the callout by sharing the photo on her Instagram Stories, writing, “Well, ok mom! 🙈🥰🎸🎤”
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When will Freaky Friday 2 be released?
Disney confirmed on June 24 that filming on the project has begun, and the film will be released in 2025! The Disney Studios Instagram account shared a photo of the two leads, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, holding hands outside of their trailers on the set of Freaky Friday 2. Notably, Curtis sits in front of Lohan’s trailer, and vice versa. Clever.
