as reported by New York Times, Curtis and Lohan are in talks to reprise their roles in the new film written by Elyse Hollander, but considering the passion the two have had over the past 20 years, I can’t imagine the movie going forward without them. “Jamie and I are both open to that, so we leave it up to the hands. We just do something people will absolutely love,” he said.
The announcement was part of the NYT’s 20-year retrospective on the film, and Curtis talked about how often people will talk about “Freaky Friday” during the press tour for “Halloween Ends.” In 2016, Disney helped produce a stage musical featuring beats from several adaptations of the story “Freaky Friday” and later adapted the musical version into a Disney Channel Original Movie. Although there are multiple movie versions of the story, the 2003 version most financially successfulIt grossed $160 million worldwide against a $20 million budget.
“Something really struck me,” Curtis told The New York Times. “When I got back, I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘It feels like there’s a movie to be made.'” Curtis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress just months later for her role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”; , Jamie Lee Curtis” on a poster.
The film would also mark Lindsay Lohan’s return to studio photography following her departure from the industry. Caught last A two-movie deal with Netflix and the holiday romantic comedy “Falling for Christmas.”
We can only hope this sequel will feature another great guitar solo from Jamie Lee Curtis.