Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis Are in Talks for a ‘Freaky Friday’ Sequel: ‘Feels Like There’s a Movie to Be Made’

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Time for the ultimate sequel! Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are in talks to return for a follow-up to their 2003 film, Freaky Friday.The former costars celebrated the OG movie’s 20th anniversary with a joint New York Times interview published on Wednesday, May 10.

The outlet reported that Disney confirmed a sequel to the fantasy-comedy is in development, with Elyse Hollander writing the screenplay.“As I went around the world with [the 2022 film] Halloween Ends, people wanted to know if there was going to be another Freaky Friday,” Curtis, 64, explained. “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.’”Lohan, 36, added that she and the Trading Places actress are “both open” to reprising their roles as Anna and Tess Coleman, a mother-daughter duo who magically switch bodies amid their already fraught relationship.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“We’re leaving it in the hands that be,” the Mean Girls star said. “We would only make something that people would absolutely adore.”In addition to looking toward a new Freaky Friday installment, the duo also reflected on their experience making the original, which is itself a remake of the 1976 film of the same name.“I was in the middle of a book tour when my agent called.

An actress had been involved in the movie and chose not to do it; I was a replacement part,” Curtis recalled of joining the cast late in the process. “Had I had all the time in the world to prepare, I don’t think it would’ve been so good.