‘Freaky Friday 2’ is actually happening

This Friday is really getting weird – because Freaky Friday 2 it will really happen.

After months of rumors, it looks like it’s the sequel to the hit 2003 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis It is lindsay lohan as a body-swapping mother and daughter, which was once a remake of the 1976 film of the same name starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, is actually in the works. (Both films are based on a 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers.)

According to The Hollywood ReporterCurtis and Lohan, “who starred in the original, are in talks to reprise their roles as a mother-daughter combination who swap bodies and lives.” Nisha Ganatra was chosen to direct the film. She has directed the films Late night It is The high noteand worked on television programs such as Dear White People, Andy just like that…It is Welcome to Chippendales.

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Lohan and Curtis have made no secret of their interest in a sequel in recent years. Discussions surrounding the film at Disney began in November 2022. When Curtis was promoting another long-awaited sequel, End of Halloween, she said that “People wanted to know if there would be another Freaky Friday. Something really struck a chord. When I got back, I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘It looks like there’s a movie in the works.” So if everything goes well, it looks like we should all be thanking her for that.

Without knowing the details, he does Seems like an idea with some potential. Lohan is approximately Curtis’ age at the time of the original film – and now gets to play a mother with children of her own. A body swap between grandmother, mother and daughter seems like a premise that could be great.

O Freaky Friday The sequel is expected to begin production this summer. According to THR“It is unclear whether the film will be released in theaters or premiere on Disney+.”