As The New York Times reported, Curtis and Lohan are in talks to reprise their roles in the new movie written by Elyse Hollander, but considering the passion the two have had for the past 20 years, I can’t imagine the movie moving. go ahead without them. “Jamie and I are open to it, so we just leave it up to you. We’d just do something that people would love,” she said.
The announcement was part of the NYT’s 20-year retrospective on the film, where Curtis discussed how often people would mention “Freaky Friday” during the “Halloween Ends” press tour. Disney helped produce a stage musical of the story in 2016, incorporating beats from the many “Freaky Friday” adaptations, and later adapted the musical version into a Disney Channel Original Movie. Despite multiple film versions of the story in existence, the 2003 version was the most financially successful, grossing $160 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million.
“Something really struck a chord. When I got back, I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘It feels like there’s a movie to be made,'” Curtis told The New York Times. Curtis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once” just a few months later, so I have no doubt that Disney felt much stronger in greenlighting a movie. film that could boast of being an “Oscar winner”. , Jamie Lee Curtis” on a billboard.
The movie would also mark Lindsay Lohan’s return to studio movies after her break with the industry. She recently landed a two-film deal with Netflix and starred in the Christmas rom-com “Falling for Christmas.”
We can only hope that this sequel includes another gut-wrenching guitar solo from Jamie Lee Curtis.