Summary
Things are about to get freaky all over again.Disney’s hotly anticipated sequel toFreaky Fridayfinally has a teaser trailer that reveals what is going on this time around.
WhenDisneyannounced back in May 2023 that a belated sequel to the 2003Freaky Fridayremake was in production, fans who grew up with the beloved film were ecstatic.The Mouse Housewas never going to make a serious sequel to the smash hit without Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis on board, but once those two were signed on the dotted line, things got together in a hurry. A script by Jordan Weiss—whose writing credits includeDollface,Harley Quinn, andSweethearts—was approved and beloved director Nisah Ganatra was snapped up to film the picture. In addition to directing features likeLate Nightandthe High Note, Ganatra is one of the most prominent directors working in television today. Seriously, she’s worked on so many beloved shows over the past ten years:Transparent,Mr. Robot,Shameless,Brooklyn Nine-Nine,Girls, andFresh off the Boatare just a few, and that’s in addition to exec-producing series likeYou Me HerandBetter Things. Booking Ganatra proved Disney means business withFreakier Friday. Now, fans are getting a glimpse at what’s to come.
TheFreakier FridayTeaser Proves The Original’s Charm Remains
It Seems Fridays Can Still Get Freaky All These Years Later
The body-swapping shenanigansare back in full force, with Curtis and Lohan’s Tess and Anna Coleman joined by two newcomers this time around. Julia Butters stars as Anna’s daughter Harper and Sophia Hammons features as Anna’s boyfriend’s daughter Lily. In the trailer, it is revealed that Tess and Anna end up in Harper and Lily’s bodies and vice versa. As one would imagine, chaos ensues as the foursome must continue on living their lives while housed in the wrong bodies. Fridays don’t get much freakier than this.
The teaser—edited toChappell Roan’s hit single “Hot to Go!"—gives momentary glances at much of the cast and, to be fair, they should be showing off the cast that was pulled together for this sequel. Not only do Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lucille Soong and Rosalind Chao all reprise their roles from the 2003 original, but beloved comedic actors Manny Jacinto and Vanessa Bayer join the cast as well. If that weren’t enough, Ryan Malgarini, Christina Vidal Mitchell, and Haley Hudson were all brought out of acting retirement to play their roles from the original too.
Add it all up, andFreakier Fridayseems more like a labor of love than themajority of big-budget tentpoles Disney is putting outnowadays. It could all turn out to be a mess in the end, but casting director Randi Hiller and the executive producing team of Lohan, Curtis, Kristin Burr, and Andrew Gunn are clearly putting in the work and not resting on their laurels. Here’s hoping it all pays off in the end.
Freakier Fridaycurrently has a theatrical release date of June 19, 2025.
