The Freakier Friday Trailer Includes So Many References For OG Fans
A journey soon begins... again.
The Lohanaissance continues. After laying low for several years, Lindsay Lohan has recently returned to the big screen. She appeared in the Mean Girls reboot, became Netflix’s latest rom-com obsession, and revisited Camp Walden with her peanut butter Oreo cookies in tow. Now, she and Jamie Lee Curtis are going back to their body-swap roots for Freakier Friday.
Back in early 2024, Lohan confirmed the sequel news on Andy Cohen’s SiriusXM show. He first asked if the Freaky Friday 2 rumor — which has been following the 2003 film for nearly two years — was true. “It is,” Lohan confirmed.
Lohan doubled down on that excitement to People, adding she’s interested to “see how much further we can take” and reimagine the iconic plot. As mentioned, this Freaky Friday sequel has been a long time coming. Lohan first spoke this sequel into existence in 2017, when she asked fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) to let Disney know they wanted a second act to the film. Disney answered those outcries nearly a year later, but only by releasing a musical edition of Freaky Friday with new actors.
Ever since then, both Lohan and Curtis have dropped hints they wanted to work together again. Then, in May 2023, The Hollywood Reporter revealed the follow-up film was officially in development. And one year later, Lohan and Curtis announced they had begun production on the sequel. Clearly, Lohan’s old tweet was the manifestation push the world truly needed.
Here’s all the tea to know about the upcoming sequel so far.
Freakier Friday Is Only A Few Fridays Away
Production on the movie began on June 24, 2024, with both stars sharing an excited BTS photo from the set.
The movie is slated to hit theaters on Aug. 8, 2025.
Who’s Returning To Freakier Friday ?
The sequel’s cast will bring back some classic faves, as well as some exciting new faces. Returning as the lead love interests will be Mark Harmon as Tess’ husband Ryan, and Chad Michael Murray as Anna’s rocker crush Jake.
Anna’s band Pink Slip will also be reuniting, with Christina Vidal Mitchell and Haley Hudson returning as her hard-rocking besties Maddie and Peg. Her stern high school teacher Mr. Bates is also coming back with Stephen Tobolowsky confirmed to appear. And the duo causing all the body-swapping chaos — Rosalind Chao and Lucille Soong will hand out more fortune cookies as Pei-Pei and her mother.
As for new cast members, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Vanessa Bayer, Julia Butters, and Sophia Hammons are all slated to star.
The Plot Harkens Back To The Parent Trap
Interestingly enough, it sounds like Freakier Friday will also incorporate some elements from Lohan’s first switcheroo comedy hit: The Parent Trap. Audition sides obtained by Entertainment Weekly in early April revealed that the movie will center around Anna’s wedding this time, as she prepares to marry a British restaurateur. However, her 14-year-old daughter Harper is against the union, and also butts heads with her future stepdad’s daughter Lily.
This time around, Anna will swap bodies with her daughter Harper, and Tess will find herself transformed into Lily. As in The Parent Trap, the story will follow two young girls from an ocean apart as they meddle in their parents’ love lives — with a Freaky Friday body-swap twist.
The Trailer Is Packed With References
The first look at Freakier Friday was released on March 14, with a trailer containing tons of sly callbacks to the first movie. Now 20 years older, Lohan and Curtis recreate iconic moments like their characters changing sleep positions during the body swap, the famous mirror-screaming scene, and of course, their attempt to “jolt” themselves back to normal by running into each other.
However, this time Anna and Tess are joined by Harper and Lily. And when Lily finds herself in Tess’ body, the well-known “I’m like the Crypt Keeper!” line from the original is altered to, “My face looks like a Birkin bag that’s been left out in the sun to rot!”
The sequel will rock into theaters on Aug. 8.
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