‘Freaky Friday’ Sequel In The Works At Disney With Jamie Lee Curtis And Lindsay Lohan Expected To Reprise Roles

Justin Kroll

Wed, May 10, 2023 at 11:58 PM UTC

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Disney is working on a sequel to the 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan set to return.
Elyse Hollander is writing the script for the sequel, which is based on Mary Rodgers's 1972 novel and the original film grossed $160 million globally.
Rumors of a potential sequel began circulating earlier this year as Jamie Lee Curtis expressed interest in reprising her role and confirmed talks with Disney.

A sequel to the 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday is in the works at Disney with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan expected to reprise their roles. Elyse Hollander is penning the script to the sequel.

Lohan and Curtis starred in the 2003 pic as mother and daughter who wake up one Friday having swapped bodies.

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That film was based on Mary Rodgers’s 1972 novel, and grossed $160 million globally. Rumors a potential sequel began percolating earlier this year as Curtis hit the awards circuit for her Oscar-winning work in Everything, Everywhere, All At Once , where she often said how she would like to reprise role and that their had been talks with Disney to do so.

The news was first reported by the New York Times in a 20th anniversary piece profiling the films release in 2003.

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