“Oh! I’m like the Crypt Keeper!”
If that line made you smile, then you probably recognized it as one of Jamie Lee Curtis’s iconic lines in the 2003 Disney film Freaky Friday. The hilarious remake starred Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman and Lindsay Lohan as her teenage daughter Anna. Tess is a rigid single mom trying her best to raise Anna and her younger brother Harry.
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Unfortunately, Tess and Anna are incredibly different people, and they just don’t understand each other. Tess cannot comprehend that Tess wants to be her own person and express herself in creative ways, like through music and playing with her band.
Anna, on the other hand, thinks that her mom is way too strict. She doesn’t understand why her mom is so pushy and doesn’t support the things that Anna loves. She also thinks that Tess’s boyfriend, Ryan, tries too hard, and she isn’t super interested in him trying to take on a father role in her life.
Then, after one fateful meal at a Chinese restaurant, Anna and Tess receive the shock of their lives. They wake up in each other’s bodies.
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It’s been more than twenty years since the film hit theaters, but nearly one year ago, Disney confirmed that a sequel was finally on the way. And better yet? Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis were returning to reprise their roles as Anna and Tess!
Here’s more about Freakier Friday, courtesy of Disney.
“Freakier Friday,” a sequel to the beloved 2003 film with a multigenerational twist starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, will be released in theaters nationwide in 2025. In the film, Curtis and Lohan reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman. The story picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice.
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In addition to Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, Freakier Friday will also see the return of several more original cast members. Chad Michael Murray will return as Jake, the teenage boy who was Anna’s love interest in the first film, and Mark Harmon will also be returning as Ryan, Tess’s partner.
Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao round out the returning cast. Christina Vidal Mitchell and Haley Hudson play Maggie and Peg, the other members of Anna’s high school band. Rosalind Chao and Lucille Soong play Pei-Pei and Pei-Pei’s mother, respectively, the owners of the fateful Chinese restaurant from the first film.
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed that Anna’s band, Pink Slip, will return for the sequel and even play some new music!
Julia Butters will play Anna’s (Lohan) daughter, and Sophia Hammons will play Anna’s soon-to-be stepdaughter, whom Anna struggles to connect with.
Nisha Ganatra directed Freakier Friday, which was written by Leslie Dixon, Heather Hach, and Mary Rodgers, the three writers of the original 2003 film.
Freakier Friday will hit theaters nationwide on August 8.
Are you excited to see Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis returning for Freakier Friday? Who is your favorite character from the 2003 film? Let us know in the comments!
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