"Freaky Friday 2" Begins Filming, First Photo - Dark Horizons
Garth Franklin
Disney
Filming has officially begun in Los Angeles on the long-awaited sequel "Freaky Friday 2" at Disney Pictures.
Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis and her former co-star Lindsay Lohan appear in the first official photo from the body swap comedy which has just been released via Disney's social media channels.
This sequel to the 2003 film boasts a multigenerational twist. Set 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. The original, itself a remake of the 1976 film starring Jodie Foster in the Lohan role, grossed $160 million worldwide.
Also returning from the 2003 movie are Mark Harmon as Ryan, Chad Michael Murray as Jake, Christina Vidal Mitchell as Maddie, Haley Hudson as Peg, Rosalind Chao as Pei-Pei, Lucille Song as Pei-Pei's mom, and Stephen Tobolowsky as Mr. Bates.
Joining them are Manny Jacinto, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. Jordan Weiss penned the script while Nisha Ganatra ("Late Night," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine") directs. Andrew Gunn and Kristin Burr are producing the film which is confirmed to be coming to cinemas in 2025.
Damn Hollywood will really do anything possible to avoid writing new stories, huh?
This is a new story.
Freaky Friday has been made a few times. This is the first direct squeal. Making it a genuinely different story this time.
But when you really analyze things, there are only a couple dozen different stories. Estimates at the high end are around the mid 30s. So no, there are no "new" stories. Even if you saw one, you'd probably hate it for not making sense.
A direct sequel would be Summer Switch and/or A Billion for Boris. I think they did the latter in the 80s actually.