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Freakier Friday
2025 film by Nisha Ganatra From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Freakier Friday is a 2025 American fantasy comedy film directed by Nisha Ganatra and written by Jordan Weiss. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a sequel to Freaky Friday (2003), itself based on Mary Rodgers's 1972 novel, and the seventh overall film in the franchise. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Rosalind Chao, Ryan Malgarini, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Lucille Soong reprise their respective roles from the original film, with Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons in her feature film debut and Manny Jacinto joining the cast.
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Filming for Freakier Friday took place from June to August of 2024. It premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on July 22, 2025, and is scheduled to be released theatrically by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on August 8. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
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Cast
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reprise their roles as Tess and Anna.
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman
- Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman, Tess' daughter
- Julia Butters as Harper Coleman, Anna's daughter and Tess' granddaughter
- Sophia Hammons as Lily Davies, Anna's soon-to-be stepdaughter, and Harper's soon-to-be stepsister
- Manny Jacinto as Eric Davies, Anna's new fiancé, Lily's father, and Harper's soon-to-be stepfather
- Mark Harmon as Ryan, Tess' husband, Anna and Harry's stepfather, and Harper's step-grandfather.
- Chad Michael Murray as Jake, Anna's former boyfriend
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Ella
- Rosalind Chao as Pei-Pei “Mama P”, a Chinese restaurant owner who helped Tess and Anna previously
- Vanessa Bayer as Madame Jen, a fortune teller
- Christina Vidal Mitchell as Maddie, one of Anna's best friends
- Haley Hudson as Peg, one of Anna's best friends
- Ryan Malgarini as Harry Coleman, Tess' son, Anna's younger brother, Ryan's stepson, and Harper's uncle
- Lucille Soong as Pei-Pei's Mom
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Mr. Elton Bates
- Jordan E. Cooper as Jett
- Elaine Hendrix as Blake Kale
- Chloe Fineman as GiGi
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Production
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In May 2023, Disney announced a sequel to the fantasy-comedy film Freaky Friday (2003) was in development, written by Elyse Hollander, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan set to reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman, respectively.[3] In March 2024, Lohan confirmed the sequel was in active development, and Nisha Ganatra had been hired to direct the film, with Jordan Weiss rewriting the script.[4][5] In June 2024, Julia Butters,[6] Manny Jacinto,[7] Sophia Hammons, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan[8] joined the cast, with Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao reprising their roles from the original film.[9] The following month, Jordan E. Cooper joined the cast.[10] Principal photography began in Los Angeles on June 24, 2024,[9] and finished on August 21.[11] The film's official title was announced by Curtis and Lohan at the 2024 D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event on August 9.[12] In January 2025, it was revealed that Vanessa Bayer joined the cast.[13] Following the release of the teaser trailer, it was disclosed Elaine Hendrix would also be appearing in the film.[14] Eleanor Infante edited the film.[15]
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Music
In March 2025, it was announced that Amie Doherty would compose the film's score, after previously collaborating with Ganatra on The High Note (2020).[16] On July 11, 2025, a new version of the song "Take Me Away" by the fictional band Pink Slip was released by Hollywood Records as a single for Freakier Friday. A previous version of the song appeared in Freaky Friday.[17] The full soundtrack was released on August 1, 2025.[18]
Release
Freakier Friday premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on July 22, 2025, and is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on August 8.[19][20]
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Box office
In the United States and Canada, Freakier Friday will be released alongside Weapons and Sketch, and is projected to gross around $27–30 million in its opening weekend.[2]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 99 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Freakier Friday doesn't reinvent the original's story so much as it swaps the formula around for a frothy good time, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan easily slipping back into roles that fit them like mixed-and-matched gloves."[21] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[22]
Maureen Lee Lenker of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A- and described it as "a heart-on-its-sleeve ode to strengthening and forging bonds, the power of deep and unconditional love, and the warmth and safety of one's chosen family, most especially when it's at its freakiest."[23] Time Out's Olly Richards gave the film three stars out of five and wrote, "There are almost endless holes you could pick in its logic and storytelling, but it gives you few reasons to want to. This Friday's freakier, but it's kind of… funner too."[24]
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