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By this time, I’ve given up asking “What’s new and exciting at the box office?” Instead, I wonder “What reboot or sequel is coming along?” In this case, it’s Disney’s likeable “Freakier Friday,” which involves not one,
The new sequel to 2003's 'Freaky Friday' features fun Easter eggs, including returning cast members, a Pink Slip reunion and a callback to Britney Spears.
Pink Slip also returned to the chaos to add to the soundtrack, which contains two Chappell Roan songs, needle drops from the first film and more.
So, when she realized on the “Halloween Ends” press run that Lindsay Lohan had reached the age where she could believably have her own teenage daughter, Curtis called Disney CEO Bob Iger directly. From there the project snowballed, eventually coming to Ganatra.
Freakier Friday was born out of Jamie Lee Curtis asking Disney if they could make the sequel after she met tons of fans who wanted to see a follow-up while touring the world for the Halloween movies. It’s helmed by Nisha Ganatra from a script by Jordan Weiss, and is produced by Curtis alongside Kristen Burr and Andrew Gunn.
Jamie Lee Curtis insisted on using Los Angeles to film Disney's "Freakier Friday," and nestled in the movie was the Hollywood favorite Record Parlour.
Weapons,” a twisty horror film about a group of missing children, and “Freakier Friday,” a body swap comedy, delivered a potent one-two punch at the box office this weekend, lifting ticket sales as summer movie season draws to a close.
"We'd definitely have Manny Jacinto and Chad Michael Murray switching places. We all need that!" said Nisha Ganatra