Before the film ages further “like Crypt Keeper,” Lindsay Lohan has a few words about the “Freaky Friday” sequel. Like very few.
Lohan confirmed her involvement in the sequel to the 2003 body-swap comedy on Monday during her interview on SiriusXM's “Andy Cohen Live.” That's when host Andy Cohen asked her about rumors of a sequel and Lohan claimed that “it's” happening.
The former child star co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis in the family film, which is itself a reboot of the 1976 film adaptation of Mary Rodgers' novel, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. However, Lohan did not share a timeline or further details about the upcoming project, telling Cohen, “I don't want to say too much.
“And we're both excited,” he said. “I'm going to speak for Jamie.”
It's unclear what stage the sequel is in at this point, but Hollywood Reporter confirmed in May that Disney had a sequel in the works with Curtis and Lohan attached. The actors played mother-daughter duo Anna and Tess Coleman, who wake up one Friday in each other's bodies. Screenwriter Elyse Hollander will pen the script for the sequel, THR said.
But no official synopsis has been released, nor information on whether the sequel would go directly to streaming or be released in theaters.
Lohan's representatives did not immediately respond Tuesday to The Times' request for comment, and a rep for Curtis said the Oscar winner was filming on location and would not be available for a statement. A Disney spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by The Times.
Coming a few years after her breakthrough role in the 1998 remake of “The Parent Trap,” “Freaky Friday” helped showcase Lohan's acting chops ahead of 2004's “Mean Girls.” The bright star took on some notable roles afterward. of that while facing a series of legal problems, rehabilitation and other setbacks in his career.
Lohan returned to the spotlight in 2019 on the MTV reality series “Lindsay Lohan's Beach House” and shared in 2022 that she married financier Bader Shammas. (The couple welcomed her first child in July.) That same year, she signed a two-picture deal with Netflix and starred in the streamer's Christmas movie “Falling for Christmas.”
The actor also made a surprise appearance in the musical film “Mean Girls” earlier this year and is doing the press rounds for his Netflix romantic comedy “Irish Wish,” which also stars Ayesha Curry and Jane Seymour.
Lohan, 37, and Curtis, 65, have expressed interest in returning for a “Freaky Friday” sequel. In October 2022, Curtis said she was “very open creatively” to reprising the role and offered additional ideas for a possible follow-up.
“Let me be the grandma, let me be the older grandma who moves places, so Lindsay becomes the sexy grandma who is still happy with [co-star] Mark Harmon in all the ways I would be happy with Mark Harmon,” the Oscar winner for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” joked on “The View.”
“I'd like to see Lindsay be the hot grandma and I'd like to see me deal with little kids today. “I want to be a helicopter mom in today’s world,” she added.
Curtis spoke about the possibility of a sequel to the Disney film immediately after Disney+ released a “Hocus Pocus” sequel nearly 30 years later. On the 20th anniversary of “Freaky Friday,” he also told the New York Times last May that he received repeated questions about a possible sequel when he was promoting the 2022 installment of the “Halloween” franchise, “Halloween Ends.”
Lohan also told the New York Times that she and Curtis were ready to return to Tess and Anna's strange universe.
“Jamie and I are open to that, so we'll leave it in whoever's hands. We would just do something that people would absolutely love,” she said.
