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With the graduation of manufacturing on Freaky Friday 2, the long-awaited sequel to Disney‘s 2003 body-swap traditional, Disney has confirmed Sophia Hammons and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as two new additions, in addition to the return of authentic forged members Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky and Rosalind Chao.
Additionally confirmed as we speak was the truth that the movie will hit theaters nationwide in 2025, reasonably than going straight to Disney+.
Boasting a multigenerational twist, Freaky Friday 2 picks up years after mom and daughter Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured a body-swapping identification disaster. Anna now has a daughter of her personal and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two households merge, Tess and Anna uncover that lightning may certainly strike twice.
Particulars as to the roles of newcomers are beneath wraps. Julia Butters and Manny Jacinto are additionally on board for brand spanking new roles, as beforehand reported. A primary-look photograph from the Los Angeles set might be discovered beneath.
Nisha Ganatra (Late Evening) will direct from a script by Jordan Weiss, with the unique movie’s Andrew Gunn to supply alongside Kristin Burr and Curtis. Exec producers will embrace Nathan Kelly, Ann Marie Sanderlin, and Lohan.
Launched in 2003 to a worldwide gross of over $160M, Freaky Friday launched viewers to Tess Coleman, a single mom and uptight psychiatrist, and her rebellious teenage daughter, Anna. Always at odds with one another attributable to their differing views on life, the pair discover themselves magically swapping our bodies after a mysterious fortune cookie incident at a Chinese language restaurant. As Tess wakes up in Anna’s physique and vice versa, mom and daughter are compelled to reside one another’s lives for a day.
The movie relies on the same-name youngsters’s guide by Mary Rodgers, which was beforehand tailored right into a 1976 movie starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster as mom and daughter.
Hammons is repped by AEFH, Massive Fish Expertise, ESI Community, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Ramakrishnan by Premier Artists Administration, CAA, and Felker Toczek Suddleson; Harmon by Gersh and legal professional Barry Axelrod; Murray by Progressive Artists, Linden Leisure, and Felker Toczek Suddleson; Mitchell by BRS/Gage, AFA Prime Expertise Media, and Meyer & Downs; Hudson by Felker Toczek Suddleson; Soong by Unbiased Artist Group; Tobolowsky by Progressive Artists and Framework Leisure; and Chao by Buchwald and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan on set of the Freaky Friday sequel on Day 1 of manufacturing
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