Everyone say thank you to Jamie Lee Curtis, who has been pushing for a Freaky Friday sequel harder than anyone else for years. Now, we’re one step closer to Freakier Friday.
Back in October 2022, Curtis revealed she had pitched her own premise for Freaky Friday 2, hoping to play a “sexy grandma” alongside OG costar Lindsay Lohan. “Let me be the grandma, let me be the old grandma who switches places, so then Lindsay gets to be the sexy grandma who’s still happy with Mark Harmon in all the ways you would be happy with Mark Harmon,” Curtis said during an appearance on The View. “I would like to see Lindsay be the hot grandma, and I would like to see me try to deal with toddlers today. I want to be a helicopter parent in today’s world.”
Lohan later confirmed that Curtis had reached out to her about the idea while she was filming another project. “Jamie Lee Curtis writes you, and you just get excited and distracted immediately, so I had to bring myself back down to earth,” Lohan told Jimmy Fallon. “And then she said, ‘Freaky Friday 2,’ and I got more excited.”
Two years later, Freaky Friday 2 is officially in the works. On March 29, 2024, Curtis teased the news by reposting a selfie from her November 2023 reunion with Lohan. “DUH! FFDEUX,” she captioned her new post, tagging Disney and Disney Plus. The media company then confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the sequel is in the works. Here’s everything we know.
What’s it called?
Friday just got even freakier—and the Freaky Friday sequel will hence be known as Freakier Friday.
What’s the plot?
In the original film, rebellious teen Anna Coleman (Lohan) swaps bodies with her straight-laced mom, Tessa Coleman (Curtis). And let’s just say, watching Curtis swoon over motorcycle-riding Chad Michael Murray is reason enough to give the film a rewatch.
As for the sequel, an early casting call shared by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) revealed Curtis will be getting her wish about grandchildren. In the film, Anna Coleman (Lohan) has a 14-year-old daughter, Harper, who will be trying to stop a wedding between her “longtime single mom” and “British restaurateur Eric Davies.”
The description continued, “If that wasn’t bad enough, Eric comes with his own 14-year-old daughter, sharp-tongued Lily. Harper and Lily do not see eye to eye. Harper would like to see things go her way and use her intelligence to stop this marriage from ever happening.”
Where’s are first look?
The first Freakier Friday teaser dropped and we finally know who’s swapping bodies. After visiting a fortune teller (played by Vanessa Bayer), Anna and Tessa wake up in different bodies once again…but they’re not stuck playing each other.
