Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan share new hope for ‘Freaky Friday’ sequel

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New York Times, saying they would gladly reprise their roles as a mother-daughter duo who magically switched bodies and gained perspective into each other’s struggles. “As I went around the world with ‘Halloween Ends,’ people wanted to know if there was going to be another ‘Freaky Friday.’ Something really touched a chord,” Curtis, 64, said about promoting her 2022 slasher film.“When I came back, I called my friends at Disney and said, ‘It feels like there’s a movie to be made.'”Curtis revealed her call to the Mouse House in October. “Well, she’s gotta be a grandma.

I mean, I gotta be a grandma,” Curtis brainstormed with “Entertainment Tonight” about a plot to a potential sequel. “And just watching Lindsay try to be a grandma makes me laugh, and then me being a grandma trying to take care of toddlers makes me laugh, so, I’m assuming it’ll be something, or it won’t be anything, we don’t even know yet,” she added.Lohan echoed that sentiment in November toJimmy Fallon, telling the late-night host: “We would both be into it.”In February, Curtis once again sparked excitement when she claimed a sequel “is going to happen.”“Jamie and I are both open to that, so we’re leaving it in the hands that be,” Lohan, 36, told the Times. “We would only make something that people would absolutely adore.”The Times reported the actresses’ wishes may come true as Disney has confirmed that a sequel is in development with Elyse Hollander (“It Was Romance”) writing the screenplay.

Curtis and Lohan are reportedly in talks to return, the outlet added.The Post has contacted reps for Disney, Lohan and Curtis for comment.

Lohan and Curtis, who have remained friends over the past two decades, also recalled their memories of their first meeting to the.