Summary
Freaky Friday 2has officially begun filming, and its announcement shut down all the Disney+ rumors surrounding the project, but this comes with a risk. Disney is now riding the wave of legacy sequels, and joining it is its 2003 version ofFreaky Friday, directed by Mark Waters.Freaky Fridaywas the third adaptation of the story, based on Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel of the same name, and it’s also the most successful version of it to date. Now, over 20 years later,Freaky Fridayis getting a sequel that will reunite viewers with the main characters in a new body-swap adventure.
Freaky Fridayfollows widowed psychiatrist Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan), who have a tense relationship that gets worse as Tess is about to marry Ryan (Mark Harmon). When Anna and Tess take fortune cookies after an argument at a Chinese restaurant, they swap bodies at midnight, and the only way to go back to normal in time for the wedding is to show selfless love towards each other, but it’s not that easy.Freaky Friday 2will bring Tess and Anna back, and its release plan has shut down all Disney+ rumors, but it’s risky.
Freaky Friday 2 Is Set To Copy A “Rotten” Body Swap Movie From 2023
Freaky Friday 2’s tentative concept would put a twist on standard body-swap tropes, but a 2023 movie already tried this and came out “Rotten.”
Freaky Friday 2 Is Getting A Theatrical Release (Despite The Rumors)
Freaky Friday 2 Was Saved From A Disney+ Release
Disney+ has housed the release of different movies that skipped theaters for a variety of reasons, andFreaky Friday 2seemed to fit the mold.
Freaky Friday 2was announced to be in development in May 2023, with Curtis and Lohan set to reprise their roles. In March 2024, Lohan confirmed the sequel was in active development and Nisha Ganatra was announced to be directing the project, with Jordan Weiss rewriting the script. The following month,plot details ofFreaky Friday 2were shared, revealing a double body swap involving Anna, Tess, Anna’s daughter Harper, and her fiancé’s daughter, Lily.Production onFreaky Friday 2has now officially begun, and with that came cast and release plan details, putting to rest speculation about a Disney+ release.
Freaky Friday 2will see the return of Harmon’s Ryan, Chad Michael Murray’s Jake, Anna’s friends Maddie and Peg, as well as Pei-Pei and her mom, the ones responsible for the initial body swap.Freaky Friday 2is scheduled for a theatrical release in 2025, despite rumors that it would be sent to Disney+. The Mouse House’s streaming platform has housed the release of different movies that skipped theaters for a variety of reasons, andFreaky Friday 2seemed to fit the mold.
As exciting asFreaky Friday 2is,it’s the type of sequel that would now be granted as Disney+ releaseand would be expected to succeed in it, but Disney is betting big by giving it a theatrical release. WhileFreaky Friday 2can definitely succeed in theaters too, it’s a bit of a risky move by Disney.
Freaky Friday 2 Is A Bit Of A Risk For Disney
Freaky Friday 2 Has A Couple Of Obstacles Ahead
Despite going bigger with a double body swap, it’s unlikelyFreaky Friday 2will get a big budget like those of other Disney movies that get theatrical releases.Freaky Friday 2also has time against itself, because, even though it’s an exciting reunion with Tess and Anna, a lot of time has passed since the first movie, and it might struggle to regain the attention of its original audience. However, if Disney markets the nostalgia factor ofFreaky Friday 2and that it’s Lindsay Lohan’s long-awaited big screen comeback in a lead role,Freaky Friday 2could succeed in theaters.
