Disney’s dropped the Freakier Friday teaser today, March 14, pulling Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan back into the body-swap spotlight of their 2003 hit Freaky Friday. At Trevor Decker News, we’ve got a deep-rooted fondness for that early-2000s classic, and this first look—tied to an August 8 theater debut—dangles the promise of twice the switch-up madness.
Set years after Tess and Anna Coleman’s fortune-cookie swap, Freakier Friday finds Anna raising a teenage daughter, Harper, and navigating life with her husband, Eric Davies, and his daughter, Lily. The teaser features Vanessa Bayer as a palm reader warning of “more lessons to be learned,” alongside a tease that “lightning might strike twice,” hinting at more body-swapping antics ahead. It’s a multigenerational riff on the 1972 Mary Rodgers novel that kicked off the franchise, with Anna’s old band, Pink Slip, back in action with new tunes.
Nisha Ganatra directs, with filming starting last June—confirmed by Disney then—and wrapping in August. Jordan Weiss wrote the script, with original producer Andrew Gunn and Curtis herself producing alongside Kristin Burr. The cast leans on nostalgia with returning stars: Mark Harmon (Ryan), Chad Michael Murray (Jake), Christina Vidal Mitchell (Maddie), Haley Hudson (Peg), Lucille Soong (Pei-Pei’s Mom), Stephen Tobolowsky (Mr. Elton Bates), and Rosalind Chao (Pei-Pei)—a lineup that’ll spark 2003 flashbacks.
Newcomers shake things up: Julia Butters as Harper, Manny Jacinto as Eric, Sophia Hammons as Lily, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in a yet-to-be-revealed role, and Bayer adding a quirky edge. The Freakier Friday teaser shows Curtis and Lohan stepping back into Tess and Anna, blending humor and family friction like it’s two decades ago.
Lohan told PEOPLE in March 2024 the film was “in the process,” and by August, she marked the wrap on Instagram, calling Curtis a “dear friend” who brought “joy to our set.” The original’s streaming on Disney+ for a refresher. Set for August 8, Freakier Friday banks on its body-swap roots with this teaser hinting at double the chaos—Pink Slip’s return included. A longer trailer might follow, but this glimpse sets the stage.
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