A Fantastic Friday the sequel is officially in the works Disney with both Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis set to return, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
No plot details have been shared for the film, but Elyse Hollander is writing the script. Released in 2003, Fantastic Friday it’s a remake; it originated as a novel by Mary Rodgers in 1972, and its first film adaptation followed in 1976. But the Lohan-Curtis version – written by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon and directed by Mark Waters – became a favorite among fan thanks to, among many others. things, Lohan’s punky Anna, her band Pink Slip, and a rare scene where Curtis and Chad Michael Murray sing Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time.” It grossed over $160 million worldwide.
Lohan and Curtis have long been ready to reprise their roles in the film, which sees a mother and daughter switch bodies and learn to accept their differences. Last year, Lohan – who began a small career comeback thanks to the 2022 Netflix film Fall on Christmas — said Jimmy Fallon that Curtis gave him a plot idea for the sequel. Curtis, it’s hot Halloween is over and Everything Everywhere All In Onedoubled down, revealing that he wrote Disney with his idea. Let the LiLo Renaissance begin!