‘Freaky Friday 2’ Is Really Happening

This Friday is definitely getting freaky — as a result of Freaky Friday 2 actually goes to occur.

After months of rumors, it appears to be like just like the sequel to the hit 2003 movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mom and daughter who swap our bodies, which was itself a remake of the 1976 movie of the identical identify starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, is basically within the works. (Both movies are primarily based on a 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers.)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, each Curtis and Lohan “who starred in the original, are in negotiations to reprise their roles as the mother and daughter combo who find themselves switching bodies and lives.” Nisha Ganatra has been picked to direct the film. She beforehand directed the flicks Late Night and The High Note, and has labored on tv reveals like Dear White People, Andy Just Like That…, and Welcome to Chippendales.

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Lohan and Curtis have made no secret of their curiosity in a sequel in the previous couple of years. Discussions across the film at Disney picked up in November of 2022. When Curtis was out selling one other long-awaited sequel, Halloween Ends, she mentioned that “people wanted to know if there was going to be another Freaky Friday. 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.” So if it does all come collectively, it feels like we’ve all received her to thank for this.

Without figuring out the specifics, it does seem to be an thought with some potential. Lohan is roughly the age that Curtis was on the time of the unique film — and will now play a mother with children of her personal. A 3-way physique swap between grandmother, mom, and daughter looks as if a premise that might be nice.

The Freaky Friday sequel is anticipated to start manufacturing later this summer time. According to THR, “it is unclear whether the feature will be released theatrically or debut on Disney+.”