‘Freaky Friday’ Sequel Announced 20 Years After Its Release
A new ‘Freaky Friday’ is on the way! Disney has confirmed that one of its biggest hits is set to get a sequel soon, as revealed by THE NEW YORK TIMES (via Omelette). The film will feature the returns ofJamie Lee Curtis It is Lindsay Lohan to the roles of Tess and Anna, respectively.
As I toured the world with Halloween Ends, people wanted to know if there was going to be another Freaky Friday,” Curtis explained to the NYTIMES. “Something really touched me. So when I got back [para casa]I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘Looks like there’s a movie to be made.
In addition to Curtis, Lindsay also showed support for the sequel he will have as a screenwriter Elyse Hollanderreinforcing that not only she, but also Jamie are willing to give back: “Jamie and I are open to that. We would just do something that people would love.”
It is worth remembering that the film had already gained perspective for Curtis in February of this year during the red carpet of the Producers Guild Awards, where, in an interview with Variety magazine, she stated: “It will happen. Without saying if there is something officially happening, I am looking at you right now and I say with absolute certainty : ‘Of course it’s going to happen.’ It’s going to happen,'” Curtis confirmed.
Before that, in October 2022, Jamie Lee had told The View that she already had a script idea ready, where her character would be a grandmother and would switch bodies again with her daughter: “So Lindsay becomes the sexy grandma, who is still happy with Mark Harmon in every way you can. I’d be happy with Mark Harmon. And simply put, I’d like to see Lindsay be the hot grandma, and I’d like to see myself trying to deal with the kids of today.”
Confirmation of the sequel to “Freaky Friday” takes place 20 years after the premiere of the first film, which was released in 2003, to show the generational conflict between Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis), a bossy mother, and her daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan), a rebellious teenager, who undergo major changes in their relationship after switching bodies while eating a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant.
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