In the golden age of reboots, why not add an early 2000s teen comedy classic to the mix?
While walking the red carpet for Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Jamie Lee Curtis told Variety that both she and Lindsay Lohan are "committed" to making a sequel to their 2003 hit film Freaky Friday.
Freaky Friday, directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Ghost of Girlfriends Past) from a screenplay by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon (Mrs. Doubtfire), starred Curtis and Lohan as a mother-daughter duo who switch bodies after opening a magical Chinese fortune cookie. The movie received positive acclaim from critics and grossed over $160 million against a $26 million dollar budget. Curtis also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Disney has made three adaptations of Mary Rodgers's 1972 novel Freaky Friday, with the first starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in 1976, followed by a 1995 made-for-tv movie starring Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann.
"I love Jamie. I would definitely love to work together again, and we have spoken so we will see. I think when you work with such incredible people, you always want to have a chance to work with them again, especially when so much time has passed, and to share those experiences and bring something great back to life for a new audience to see and a different generation, I think it's just the best," Lohan told Entertainment Tonight.
