Are you ready for Freaky Friday 2 all these years later? Or rather, Freakier Friday?
Based on the novel of the same name, Freaky Friday was a massive release for Disney in 2003. Starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film was about an overworked mother and a rebellious teenager switching bodies after a fight one night, thanks to a fortune cookie. The film was a critical and commercial success, but for a time, we were pretty sure we wouldn't get a sequel.
However, Freaky Friday 2 is actually happening, and at D23 2024, it was confirmed the title of the sequel is officially Freakier Friday and it’s coming out as part of the 2025 movie release schedule. However, who will star in this film, and what can we expect the story to be like? Here is what we know so far.
What Is The Freaky Friday 2 Release Date?
At the time of updating this in October 2024, Freakier Friday will release on August 8, 2025 as part of the 2025 movie schedule, according to Disney. So get ready to head to the theaters next August!
The Freaky Friday 2 Cast
Get ready, because we have plenty of news about the casting of Freakier Friday. Here is who you can expect to see in the film:
Lindsay Lohan And Jamie Lee Curtis As Anna And Tess Coleman
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan will both return as their roles of mother and daughter duo Tess and Anna Coleman.
This isn't surprising, as the two of them have talked about Freaky Friday 2 possibilities many times before. Just in early March 2024, before any of this was confirmed, Lohan told People that she was so excited to be working with Curtis again and that they talk a lot:
Because we talk almost every other day in general, so I think we're going to have a lot of fun with this.
Jamie Lee Curtis, who is also very active on Instagram, posted a cute selfie of her and Lohan together right after the news was confirmed that the film was happening, simply captioning it, "DUH! FFDEUX! @disney @disneystudios:”
The two actresses have been busy since the release of the original Freaky Friday in 2003. Jamie Lee Curtis has starred in several films since then and even went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once. She reprised her role as Laurie Strode in the new Halloween trilogy, which was immensely successful.
Lohan appeared in several teen films after Freaky Friday, such as the iconic Mean Girls, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and more, before she took a bit of a hiatus from acting for a time. She did appear in a few shows and then starred in two rom-coms for Netflix, the thoughtful but hilarious Falling for Christmas and Irish Wish.
New Cast Members For Freakier Friday
While there are plenty of cast members from the original film coming back, there are also several new cast members for Freakier Friday. Here is who you can expect to see:
- Julia Butters
- Sophia Hammons
- Manny Jacinto
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
The one character that we do know is that Manny Jacinto will play Anna’s husband, as confirmed at D23 2024. We don’t have an exact name yet. The rest of their character names are currently unknown, but I have a feeling it’ll be a great time regardless of who they play.
Other Returning Freaky Friday Cast Members
While the main draw of Freaky Friday is obviously the hilarious duo of Lohan and Curtis, there are several other stars from the original film that will be returning for the sequel, according to Disney. These include:
- Mark Harmon as Ryan, Tess’s new husband.
- Chad Michael Murray as Jake, the crush Anna has in the first film.
- Christina Vidal Mitchell as Maddie, one of Anna’s bandmates.
- Haley Hudson as Peg, another one of Anna’s bandmates.
- Lucille Soong as Pei-Pei’s Mother, the person who gives the fortune cookies to Anna and Tess.
- Rosalind Chao as Pei-Pei
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Mr. Bates, Anna’s English teacher that targets her.
I know, a part of us are all wondering the same thing – if Jake is going to be there, why isn’t he with Anna after all that drama in the first film? Well, Curtis teased that Chad Michael Murray will still have a major role in the movie, despite Anna being married to someone else, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in August 2024:
Chad is in it. And boy, oh boy, is Chad in it.
The fact that they’re all going to be in the next film makes me so excited – and I for one can’t wait to see how they bring it to life once again.
What Freakier Friday Will Be About
With a story like Freaky Friday, I'm sure many of us can probably predict what will happen – there will inevitably be a body-swapping moment, usually with the main characters.
Disney revealed the synopsis for the upcoming movie, saying that Anna Coleman (Lohan's character) is now a grown adult and has a teenage daughter, and is going to soon have a stepdaughter as well. Of course, the family's merging isn’t as smooth as everyone would want it to be, and both Anna and Tess find out that lightning might “strike twice.” Presumably, more body-switching will take place, but how exactly that happens and who it involves, we’ll have to wait and see.
Nisha Ganatra Will Direct
Nisha Ganatra will be the woman bringing Freakier Friday to the big screen, according to Disney. The first film was directed by Mark Waters, who also directed Mean Girls, Vampire Academy, Mr. Popper's Penguins, and more, but this time, Ganatra leads the charge.
The director has worked on several different shows before, including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Transparent, Better Things and more. She also directed the films Cake, Late Night, and The High Note, among others. I think with her varied career path, we'll be fine with whatever happens next in this film.
Filming Has Wrapped
The last thing we know about Freakier Friday is that production on the sequel has wrapped. Disney confirmed the news with a cute TikTok, showing that both Curtis and Lohan were back on set and filming on the first day of production:
@disneystudios The band’s back together and coming to theaters in 2025 🤘. The sequel to Freaky Friday is now in production!
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Then, Curtis confirmed in that interview with The Hollywood Reporter in August 2024 that they were still in “the middle of shooting,” so we’re slowly making progress. And then at the very end of August, according to Deadline, shooting wrapped.
With a 2025 release date, I’m counting down the days until we get to see these two again and I am going to need all the production updates.
What are you most excited about about Freakier Friday? I just know it's going to be as hilarious as the first and maybe even more heartfelt.
