The highly anticipated sequel, Freakier Friday, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, has hit Disney+ as a streaming video on demand this week. This follow-up to the beloved 2003 comedy, Freaky Friday, is poised to captivate audiences once again.
Directed by Nisha Ganatra, Freakier Friday premiered in cinemas on August 8 and became available for digital streaming via premium video on demand starting October 7. According to the official synopsis, the film revisits Tess (Curtis) and Anna Coleman (Lohan) years after their initial identity-swap adventure. Anna is now a mother, navigating life with her daughter and soon-to-be stepdaughter.
As their blended family faces the inevitable challenges of merging lives, Tess and Anna find themselves in familiar territory, suggesting that lightning can indeed strike twice in the realm of body-swapping chaos.
Boasting a PG rating, Freakier Friday features an impressive ensemble cast, including Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, Rosalind Chao, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.
Fans of the franchise have marked their calendars for the streaming debut of Freakier Friday on Disney+, set for Wednesday, November 12.
Rated PG, Freakier Friday also stars Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, Rosalind Chao, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.”
Disney+ recently announced that Freakier Friday will begin streaming on the platform on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
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Jamie Lee Curtis Says A Press Tour For ‘Halloween Ends’ Sparked The Idea For ‘Freakier Friday’
During an interview about Freakier Friday with People in July, Jamie Lee Curtis said that the idea for the film began in 2022 as she embarked on a press tour to discuss the final film in the Halloween Franchise, Halloween Ends.
“Everybody I’ve ever spoken to has asked, ‘Will there be a Freaky Friday sequel?’” Curtis recalled for People. “When I went all around the world for Halloween Ends in 2022, every stop, they asked. And the answer was ‘Lindsay has to be old enough to have had a teenager.’
“So then obviously Lindsay had this beautiful baby,” Curtis added. “She came and visited me, brought the baby. At this moment we started really seriously talking about it.”
Freakier Friday was a hit in theaters, earning $94.1 million domestically and nearly $59 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $153.1 million. The film had a production budget of $42 million before prints and advertising, according to The Numbers.
Rated PG, Freakier Friday arrives on streaming video on demand on Wednesday on Disney+.
