Lindsay Lohan confirms `Freaky Friday' sequel
Before the movie further ages “like the Crypt Keeper,” Lindsay Lohan has a few words about the “Freaky Friday” sequel. Like, very few.
Lohan confirmed her involvement in the follow-up to the 2003 body-switching comedy on Monday during her interview on SiriusXM's “Andy Cohen Live.” That's when host Andy Cohen asked her about the rumors of a sequel and Lohan asserted that “it is” happening.
The former child star co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis in the film, itself a reboot of the 1976 film adaptation of Mary Rodgers' novel in which Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster starred. However, Lohan didn't share a timeline or further details about the forthcoming project, telling Cohen, “I don't want to say too much.
“And we're both excited,” she said. “I'm gonna speak for Jamie.”
It's unclear what stage the sequel is in at this point, but the Hollywood Reporter confirmed in May that Disney had a sequel in the pipeline with both Curtis and Lohan attached. The actors played mother-daughter duo Anna and Tess Coleman, who wake up on a Friday in each others' bodies. Screenwriter Elyse Hollander is attached to pen the script for the sequel, THR said.
But no official synopsis has been released, nor has information about whether the sequel would go directly to streaming or be a theatrical release.
Representatives for Lohan did not respond Tuesday to The Times' request for comment, and a representative for Curtis said that the Oscar winner was filming on location and would not be available to make a statement. A spokesperson for Disney also declined to comment.
Arriving a few years after her breakthrough role in 1998's remake of “The Parent Trap,” “Freaky Friday” helped showcase Lohan's acting chops ahead of 2004's “Mean Girls.” The bright-burning star took on a few notable roles after that as she faced a series of legal issues, rehab and other career setbacks.
Lohan returned to the spotlight in 2019 in the MTV reality series “Lindsay Lohan's Beach House” and shared in 2022 that she wed financier Bader Shammas.