The trailer and official title for the sequel to the 2003 comedy “Freaky Friday,” starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, has been unveiled: “Freakier Friday.”
The announcement was made with the appearance of the duo and came as part of the Walt Disney Studios presentation at D23 Friday night.
“It feels like no time has passed,” Curtis told the ecstatic crowd.
Lohan revealed the pair had stayed in touch over the years and said, “We’re very close.” To which Curtis replied, “It feels like we’re picking up where we left off.”
Lohan and Curtis are reprising their roles of Anna and Tess Coleman, respectively.
Joining Curtis and Lohan are returners Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky and Rosalind Chao. “The Acolyte” star Manny Jacinto, “Never Have I Ever” breakout Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Sophia Hammons and Julia Butters round the cast.
The original film, based on Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel of the same name, follows
Tess and Anna, a mother-daughter pair. Tess, a widowed mother, is prepping for a big wedding while musician Anna gears up for a gig that could make or break her band. When the two receive a mystical fortune cookie that causes them to swap bodies, they’re forced to accept each other unconditionally.
According to a press release from The Walt Disney Company, the sequel features a “multigenerational twist,” with the film picking up years after Tess and Anna originally swapped bodies. Anna has a daughter of her own, plus a soon-to-be stepdaughter. Tess and Anna navigate the challenges that come with merging two families and “discover that lightning might indeed strike twice.”
Disney officially announced in March 2024 that the sequel was moving forward, with Nisha Ganatra directing.
The filmmaker and screenwriter has helmed episodes of Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales” and Max’s “And Just Like That…” and directed feature films “The High Note,” starring Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, and “Late Night,” starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson.
Curtis originally told “The View” in October 2022 that she had personally “written to Disney” that she wanted to make a sequel to the first “Freaky Friday.”
Andrew Gunn, who produced the first movie, is producing the sequel alongside former Disney exec Kristin Burr.
“Freaky Friday 2,” hits theaters in 2025.
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