Again within the fall, it seemed like Disney was contemplating a sequel to Freaky Friday, the 2003 model of the iconic body-swapping comedy. Apparently the concerns have been very severe — because the movie is now shifting forward, with each of its unique stars, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan each anticipated to return for an additional Freaky Friday. (Freakier Friday?)
A bit in The New York Instances on the twentieth anniversary of 2003’s Freaky Friday confirmed that the sequel is formally within the works. Moreover revealing that the script is being written by Elyse Hollander, there wasn’t way more in the way in which of particulars, however Curtis did clarify why she thinks the time is correct for a sequel. As she put it…
As I went around the globe with Halloween Ends, folks wished to know if there was going to be one other Freaky Friday. One thing actually touched a chord. After I got here again, I known as my associates at Disney and mentioned, ‘It seems like there’s a film to be made.’
Lohan added “We might solely make one thing that folks would completely adore.”
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Now that Lohan is sufficiently old to be a mom herself (she is presently anticipating her first little one) there truly does appear to be a fairly very best idea for an additional Freaky film — maybe with Jamie Lee Curtis’ grandmother swapping with the grownup Lohan, or perhaps a three-way swap with Lohan’s daughter or son (though actually a daughter makes essentially the most sense given the premise).
The Freaky Friday idea originated in a 1972 novel by Mary Rogers. It was first tailored to the display in 1976, in a movie starring a younger Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris. The latest onscreen Freaky Friday was a 2018 musical model that aired on the Disney Channel.
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