Everything we know about Freaky Friday 2
Another body-swap comedy is in active development
A sequel to Disney’s body swap classic Freaky Friday — featuring original stars Lindsay Lohan and Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis — is on the way.
Originally based on author Mary Rodgers’ 1972 book of the same name, Freaky Friday has made its way to screens on a number of occasions over the years, from made-for-TV specials to the fully-fledged feature films.
It’s the latter that is perhaps the best known, with Lohan and Curtis bringing the story to modern audiences back in 2003 under the directorial gaze of filmmaker Mark Waters.
Not only was the film a critical success but it has since become a nostalgic kids’ favourite among fans who grew up watching Curtis and Lohan’s mother-daughter-duo swap bodies and live each other’s lives.
With times gone by emerging as the pop culture’s fuel of the day, rumours of a Freaky Friday sequel have done the rounds for a number of years — but is it actually happening and if so, what will it be about?
Here’s everything we know about Freaky Friday 2 so far…
When will Freaky Friday 2 be released?
Freaky Friday 2 will be released in cinemas in 2025, Disney has confirmed. The film should later be available to stream on Disney+. Production began in Los Angeles in June 2024.
Who will appear in Freaky Friday 2?
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan will reprise their roles as mother and daughter Tess and Anna Coleman. Other returning cast members from the 2003 original include Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao.
New additions to the cast announced so far are Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.
Canadian filmmaker Nisha Ganatra will direct the film.
Is there a trailer for Freaky Friday 2?
With Freaky Friday 2 still in the early days of production, a trailer is not currently available.
What happened in Freaky Friday?
The success of both Rodgers’ original story and Disney’s 2003 movie could perhaps be pinned down to the simplicity and relatability of its fantastical plot.
Freaky Friday follows Anna Coleman (Lohan), a frustrated teenager and aspiring musician who lives with her soon-to-be-remarried therapist mum Tess (Curtis).
As if battling high-school dramas like grades and frenemies wasn’t bad enough, Anna is struggling to come to terms with her mother’s new relationship with Ryan (Mark Harmon) following the recent death of her father. Meanwhile, the rules and regulations of her overbearing mum Tess aren’t making things any easier.
Things soon come to a head and a heated argument ensues but when both read from a fortune cookie something strange happens - Anna and Tess trade bodies and get a taste of how the other half lives.
What follows is a series of fish-out-of-water scenarios, with both mum and daughter getting an unusual and eye-opening opportunity to see the world from the other’s perspective.
What is the plot of Freaky Friday 2?
The official synopsis for Freaky Friday 2 explains: "A sequel to the beloved 2003 film with a multigenerational twist, the film picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice."
Freaky Friday 2 can be traced all the way back to 2016 when Disney initially revealed that plans for a sequel were starting to kick into gear. A few years later in 2002, Curtis threw further fuel on the fire by welcoming the concept and saying she would be “wide open” to reuniting with her on-screen daughter Lohan.
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“I’ve already written to Disney... creatively I am wide open,” she told the hosts of The View while promoting 2022’s Halloween Ends, as per Deadline.
She even pitched her own idea as to what Freaky Friday’s story could be: “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."
Later that same year, Lohan confirmed that she had spoken to Curtis about the idea, telling host Jimmy Fallon that "we'd both be into it” during a visit to The Tonight Show.
Freaky Friday 2 will be released in 2025. Freaky Friday is streaming on Disney+.
