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For nearly 20 years, there was restricted chatter a few potential Freaky Friday sequel. Fans completely adored the Mark Waters-directed comedy movie that got here out in 2003 starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mom and daughter, who change our bodies due to a magical Chinese fortune cookie. But when Lindsay stepped away from appearing, it appeared like a sequel would by no means occur.
Lindsay made her appearing comeback in 2022 with the vacation film Falling for Christmas, which impressed Jamie Lee to lastly admit that she was in contact with Disney about making a Freaky Friday sequel. Lindsay later confirmed she was onboard, and ultimately confirmed that the venture was in improvement!
Keep studying to study all the newest particulars concerning the Freaky Friday sequel, under.
Will There Be A Freaky Friday 2?
Disney put Freaky Friday 2 into the works, based on a Variety report in May of 2023! The outlet reported that 20 years later, Jamie Lee and Lindsay are set to return of their unique roles, with Elyse Hollander creating the screenplay. Nearly a yr later, Lindsay confirmed the information throughout an interview on Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM present in March 2024. After the host requested her whether or not the venture was greenlit, Lindsay replied, “It is. I don’t want to say too much, but it’s [happening]. And we’re both excited. I’m gonna speak for Jamie.”
Previously, Jamie Lee appeared on The View again in October 2022 and admitted that she’d “already written to Disney” about making Freaky Friday 2. “I’m creatively wide open,” she stated. “Bring it. Let me be the grandma. Let me be the old grandma who switches place [with Lindsay’s character]. So then Lindsay gets to be the sexy grandma who is still happy with Mark Harmon in all the ways you’d be happy with Mark Harmon,” Jamie Lee added. “Simply, I’d like to see Lindsay be the hot grandma, and I’d like to see me try to deal with toddlers today.”
In February of 2023, Jamie Lee informed Variety at an occasion that it could occur. “It’s going to happen,” she stated on the time. “Without saying there’s anything officially happening, I’m looking at you in this moment and saying, ‘Of course it’s going to happen.’ It’s going to happen.”
What Have Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan Said About Freaky Friday 2?
“As I went around the world with Halloween Ends, people wanted to know if there was going to be another Freaky Friday,” Jamie informed The New York Times. “Something really touched a chord. When I came back, I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘It feels like there’s a movie to be made.’”
Lindsay added, “Jamie and I are both open to that, so we’re leaving it in the hands that be. We would only make something that people would absolutely adore.”
Jamie Lee talked about Freaky Friday 2 on a number of events in late 2022. Before her look on The View, she informed a fan at a press occasion for her horror film Halloween Ends that she’d “absolutely” do the sequel. “Lindsay Lohan and I are friends. Lindsay Lohan and I text. She texted me the other day,” Jamie Lee additionally shared.
Lindsay, who performed the teenage insurgent Anna Coleman within the movie, lastly addressed her involvement within the potential sequel throughout her look on Jimmy Fallon‘s talk show on November 11. “We [her and Jamie Lee] did speak about it, yeah,” Lindsay confirmed, before explaining how she was “excited” about Jamie Lee’s pitch for the sequel. “We would both be into it,” the Mean Girls star additionally stated.
After Lindsay’s feedback, a supply near the star confirmed to HollywoodLife that she’s been in contact with Jamie Lee concerning the long-awaited venture. “[Lindsay and Jamie Lee] are certain that they are going to make this happen and they have a ton of incredibly talented and willing people around them who are extremely determined to get this project off the ground and in the works,” the insider defined. “They already have a plot developed and are talking with several different studios and producers who are all extremely interested.”
The supply additionally stated, “For Lindsay, it is coming full circle. She is getting a second chance at her career, and she is determined to do it right this time. When she did Freaky Friday, that catapulted her into stardom. As she sits at the pinnacle of her massive comeback, she knows that this film will mean so much to her, just as it will to Jamie Lee.”
The newest replace about Freaky Friday 2 got here from Jamie Lee at The Hollywood Reporter‘s Annual Women in Entertainment Gala on December 8. The Oscar-nominated actress told E! News, “We are all down to do it. It’s less than us proper now. But I feel that everybody who must know, is aware of, and clearly we’re in dialog.” When requested the place her character Tess Coleman, a therapist, could be as we speak, Jamie Lee responded, “That’s too early to tell. I’m gonna guess I’m going to be a grandma.”
While Jamie Lee and Lindsay are down for Freaky Friday 2, it’s unclear if their different former forged members wish to reprise their roles. Those forged members embody Mark Harmon as Tess’ husband Ryan; Ryan Maglrini as Anna’s little brother Harry, Christina Vidal and Haley Hudson as Anna’s friends Maddie and Peg, and Chad Michael Murray as Anna’s crush Jake. Sadly, Harold Gould, who performed Tess’ dad Alan, died in 2010. Stay tuned for extra updates on Freaky Friday 2 which can be hopefully coming quickly!