Almost exactly 20 years after they first switched bodies, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan return for Disney’s Freaky Friday 2.
Both Curtis, 64, who recently congratulated Lohan, 36, on her first child, spoke about the sequel in a New York Times profile on the 20th anniversary of their 2003 film.
Now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that there will be a sequel, with Elyse Hollander writing the screenplay.
Freaky Friday originated as a 1972 novel written by Mary Rodgers in which she follows a mother and daughter who have somehow switched bodies for a day.
The story was first adapted into the 1976 film of the same name starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster as mother and daughter.
Next: Almost exactly 20 years after they first switched bodies, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan return for Disney’s Freaky Friday 2
Jamie: Both Curtis, 64, who recently congratulated Lohan, 36, on her first child, spoke about the sequel in a New York Times profile on the 20th anniversary of their 2003 film
Returning: Lindsay Lohan will reprise her role from 2003’s Freaky Friday for a new sequel
It was then adapted in 1995 for a Disney TV movie starring Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffman for the now iconic 2003 movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as mother and daughter.
The original book was also re-adapted for a Disney Channel TV movie in 2018 starring Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff as mother and daughter.
Still, the Curtis-Lohan movie is considered a classic and made $160.8 million worldwide on a budget of just $20 million, launching Lohan’s film career.
It has become one of the definitive films in the body-swap genre, even spawning a clever tribute called Freaky, in which a teenage girl (Kahtryn Newton) swaps bodies with a serial killer (Vince Vaughn), which was released in 2020 .
There has been talk of a sequel for years, with Curtis specifically addressing the prospect of a sequel in various interviews.
Curtis revealed in the New York Times piece that while promoting Halloween Ends last year, she was inundated with questions about a sequel.
“Something really struck a chord. When I got back, I called my friends at Disney and said, “It feels like a movie needs to be made,” said Curtis.
Lohan added in the Times piece, “Jamie and I are both open to that, so we’ll leave it in the hands that are there. We would just make something that people would absolutely love.”
Career: Still, the Curtis-Lohan film is considered a classic and made $160.8 million worldwide on a budget of just $20 million, launching Lohan’s film career
Classic: Still, the Curtis-Lohan movie is considered a classic, which grossed $160.8 million worldwide on a budget of just $20 million, launching Lohan’s film career
Promotion: Curtis revealed in the New York Times piece that while promoting Halloween Ends last year, she was inundated with questions about a sequel
Video: ‘Something really struck a chord. When I got back, I called my friends at Disney and said, “It feels like a movie needs to be made,” said Curtis.
Open: Lohan added in the Times piece, “Jamie and I are both open to that, so we’ll leave it in the hands that are there.” We would only make something that people would absolutely love’
Mark Waters (He’s All That) directed 2003’s Freaky Friday from a script by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon, though it’s unclear if they’ll be involved in the sequel.
Curtis gets her first Oscar win for Everything Everywhere All At Once and she’ll next be seen in Disney’s Haunted Mansion, in theaters July 28.
She also plays Tannis in the highly anticipated video game adaptation Borderlands, which is currently in post-production.
Lohan recently starred in Falling For Christmas and she has Irish Wish in post-production, starring Ed Speelers and Jane Seymour.