Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals WhyFreaky FridayFans Needed to Wait 22 Years for theFreakier FridaySequel

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Lee Curtis in October 2024.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

By the time theFreaky Fridaysequel,Freakier Friday, arrives in theaters in August 2025, 22 years will have passed since the remake’s premiere.Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, explained why fans have had to wait more than two decades for the sequel during an appearance onTODAYon Thursday, Dec. 12, while promoting her filmsThe Last ShowgirlandThe Sticky.“We couldn’t have made this movie until now, because Lindsay [Lohan] had to be old enough to have a 15 year old,” Curtis emphasized.InFreakier Friday, Anna Coleman (Lohan, 38) will play a mother to her own daughter and soon-to-be step daughter.“She has a 15 year old, so I’m now a grandma,” Curtis said.Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in a ‘Freaky Friday’ scene.Ron Batzdorff/Walt Disney/Kobal/ShutterstockCurtis hinted that the film will be filled with the“nostalgia” that longtimeFreaky Fridayfans are hoping to see in the sequel.“And it checks every box that you would want,” Curtis said. “It has the nostalgia of the original movie withPink SlipandChad Michael Murray.”Murray, 43, played Anna’s crush Jake in the 2003 film.“Boy, do women love Chad Michael Murray!” Curtis exclaimed. “And it has some new elements with it.”Actors bringing new characters to life in the sequel include Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons,Maitreyi RamakrishnanandManny Jacinto, according toVariety.Jacinto is cast to play Lohan’s husband in the sequel. “Manny is lovely, so funny," Lohan toldEntertainment Weekly.The film also has a new director,Nisha Ganatra, who isn’t a stranger to Disney. She previously worked on Hulu’sWelcome to Chippendales.Curtis and Lohan announced the filming of the sequel atWalt Disney Studioswas well underway in a a June 24Instagram post, with the mother-daughter duo were pictured holding hands onset.The plot will be centered on Lohan and Curtis’ charactersswitching bodieswith two teenage girls for an evenFreakier Friday,Entertainment Weeklyreported.Freakier Fridayis set to premiere in theaters Aug. 8, 2025.

By the time theFreaky Fridaysequel,Freakier Friday, arrives in theaters in August 2025, 22 years will have passed since the remake’s premiere.

Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, explained why fans have had to wait more than two decades for the sequel during an appearance onTODAYon Thursday, Dec. 12, while promoting her filmsThe Last ShowgirlandThe Sticky.

“We couldn’t have made this movie until now, because Lindsay [Lohan] had to be old enough to have a 15 year old,” Curtis emphasized.

InFreakier Friday, Anna Coleman (Lohan, 38) will play a mother to her own daughter and soon-to-be step daughter.

“She has a 15 year old, so I’m now a grandma,” Curtis said.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in a ‘Freaky Friday’ scene.Ron Batzdorff/Walt Disney/Kobal/Shutterstock

Ron Batzdorff/Walt Disney/Kobal/Shutterstock

Curtis hinted that the film will be filled with the“nostalgia” that longtimeFreaky Fridayfans are hoping to see in the sequel.

“And it checks every box that you would want,” Curtis said. “It has the nostalgia of the original movie withPink SlipandChad Michael Murray.”

Murray, 43, played Anna’s crush Jake in the 2003 film.

“Boy, do women love Chad Michael Murray!” Curtis exclaimed. “And it has some new elements with it.”

Actors bringing new characters to life in the sequel include Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons,Maitreyi RamakrishnanandManny Jacinto, according toVariety.

Jacinto is cast to play Lohan’s husband in the sequel. “Manny is lovely, so funny," Lohan toldEntertainment Weekly.

The film also has a new director,Nisha Ganatra, who isn’t a stranger to Disney. She previously worked on Hulu’sWelcome to Chippendales.

Curtis and Lohan announced the filming of the sequel atWalt Disney Studioswas well underway in a a June 24Instagram post, with the mother-daughter duo were pictured holding hands onset.

The plot will be centered on Lohan and Curtis’ charactersswitching bodieswith two teenage girls for an evenFreakier Friday,Entertainment Weeklyreported.

Freakier Fridayis set to premiere in theaters Aug. 8, 2025.

source: people.com