Twenty years after Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan pulled a parent-teen body switcheroo in the 2003 hit comedy “Freaky Friday,” the two are back at it again for the sequel. Disney announced that production of the sequel to “Freaky Friday” will start today in Los Angeles.
The press release confirmed Curtis and Lohan reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman. Other returning cast members from the original film include Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao. They are joined by Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.
Based on Mary Rodgers’s 1972 novel of the same name, the 2003 adaption of Freaky Friday earned $160 million at the box office.
The film is directed by Nisha Ganatra. The producers are Kristin Burr, Andrew Gunn, and Jamie Lee Curtis, withNathan Kelly, Ann Marie Sanderlin, and Lindsay Lohan serving as executive producers.
Here’s the official plot synopsis for the “Freaky Friday” sequel:
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.
