Jamie Lee Curtis On If ‘Freakier Friday’ Will Hit Theaters Or Stream

Curtis, who performed Tess Coleman, the psychologist, and single mother about to marry her fiancé Ryan, and Lohan, who portrayed Anna Coleman, Tess’s music-loving and rebellious teenage daughter, have just lately been noticed filming, solely amplifying the anticipation for when the film is launched subsequent 12 months.

Hypothesis has circulated that “Freakier Friday” could also be launched to Disney’s streaming service, Disney+, however Jamie Lee Curtis is shutting these rumors down.

It’s been over 20 years because the authentic movie hit theaters, and the whole solid has undoubtedly grown up since then. “Lindsay’s a mommy. Little Luai simply had his first birthday per week in the past,” Jamie Lee Curtis instructed Variety final month. “It modifications you as a human, being a mum or dad. She’s very conservative, so I used to be like, ‘Loosen up. Loosen up.’ Luai’s simply beginning to stroll.”

“She’s at that time the place toddlers maintain onto issues, then they wobble, then they go down. She’s at work, and he or she’s watching on her cellphone,” the actress added of Lohan and her relationship along with her first little one. “She’s watching movies on livestream with the infant in between scenes. She’s watching her little one begin toddling, and it’s simply very candy. She’s nice. She’s very joyful. We’re having a extremely, actually, actually enjoyable time.”

Earlier this month, images had been leaked of a scene being filmed on the seaside, although it is unclear what precisely was happening.

“We all know will probably be the expertise that you’ll have within the theaters subsequent 12 months,” Curtis wrote. “Sure, you heard me… The theaters. The place all of us go and luxuriate in a shared expertise at nighttime whereas munching popcorn and sweet and laughing collectively and generally crying collectively. Till then…..”

Followers are pumped to study that “Freakier Friday” is getting a theatrical launch.

With Disney dropping so a lot of its current flicks straight onto Disney+, these with out a subscription have been lacking out. However this time, everybody will get an opportunity to see it on the large display screen.

“I’m glad it’s within the theater! That streaming rumor pissed me off,” one person commented. “@jamieleecurtis you don’t get the 2 finest film stars of the 2000s to reunite and put it on Disney+ [laughing face emoji] no shade to Disney+- some moments deserve an enormous display screen.”

“I can’t wait to see it in THEATERS,” one other mentioned.

Lohan and Curtis aren’t the one “Freaky Friday” alums becoming a member of the sequel. Heartthrob Chad Michael Murray, who portrayed Jake within the first movie, is again to reprise his function, and Curtis is so excited!

When chatting with Selection, she reminisced concerning the first desk learn with the crew and Disney execs, noting that it was an enormous hit. “Hastily, the Chad Michael Murray character comes into the story, and I’m telling you, the whole room modified,” she instructed the outlet.

“Each girl within the room was leaning ahead,” Curtis continued to elucidate. “The laughter, the applause that he received! After the desk learn, I walked as much as the director and producers. I used to be like, ‘We have to stretch that taffy. He’s gold. His character is simply so fabulous.’ Jake is again, in an enormous, massive means.”

Along with Lohan, Curtis, and Murray, different acquainted faces, together with Mark Harmon (Ryan), Christina Vidal Mitchell (Maddie), Haley Hudson (Peg), Rosalind Chao (Pei-Pei), Lucille Soong (Pei-Pei’s Mother), and Stephen Tobolowsky (Mr. Bates) have all been confirmed.

New solid members embody Julia Butters, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Sophia Hammons.

“Freakier Friday” is about to be launched someday in 2025.