The long-awaited and much-anticipated Freakier Friday is lastly hitting the 2025 film launch schedule on August eighth. Regardless of that also being months away now we have seen a trailer for the Freaky Friday sequel, so myself and different followers knew a bit concerning the film getting in. However seeing some footage isn’t essentially the identical factor as listening to viewers reactions.
In truth, Linday Lohan appeared with Jamie Lee Curtis onstage throughout the Disney Panel at CinemaCon 2025 (which CinemaBlend live-blogged, and likewise included content material from Thunderbolts*, Avatar: Hearth and Ash, the brand new Predator film and a lot extra). They got here onstage to Chappell Roan’s “Scorching To Go,” which featured prominently within the first footage from the film, however I used to be most stoked when Lohan admitted some folks have seen the film already!
The actress mentioned she was “overwhelmed” by the viewers response, which ties in with a remark a Disney head honcho mentioned earlier throughout this panel. He famous the studio was pleased with “the response” the sequel to the 2003 movie has gotten, as nicely. Per Lohan:
We [were] not too long ago proven the film and we had been overwhelmed by the viewers’s response. There was laughter, cheering and singing and it was actually, actually enjoyable to expertise.
It makes whole sense to me. Freaky Friday got here out shortly earlier than Imply Ladies. It’s a enjoyable film you may watch with your folks or your mother, and the followers who had been teenagers when it got here out often have youngsters of their very own now. There’s lots of viewers love for simply the footage we’ve seen to this point, and our personal Corey Chichizola has already declared Jamie Lee Curtis is already quotable once more this time round – after her “crypt keeper” line went viral within the first movie.
It’s been clear for months there’s an urge for food for this movie, and whereas an early viewers could also be considerably of a biased viewers, I’m rooting for this one to land.
And per Curtis, she’s hopeful it’ll land with a theatrical viewers, a remark that’s been uttered over and over throughout Paramount’s panel, Common’s panel, Sony’s panel, Lionsgate’s panel, Warner Bros.’ panel and even newcomer Amazon’s panel. There does appear to be an actual push to place content material that persons are going to need to see into theaters, and Curtis says that is one which must be seen on the massive display screen, although time will inform.
So, we made this film final 12 months with lots of love and we made it to particularly to be skilled on the massive display screen and with a giant crowd, the one means you must see a Freaky Friday film. We can’t wait!
Wait we should, although I am nonetheless bullish after Lohan shared the early reactions to the movie. Whereas Thunderbolts* and some different Disney properties are making their means into the theatrical pipeline within the coming months, Freakier Friday gained’t be launched till August eighth. However there’s quite a bit this 12 months to get excited for – like Lilo & Sew live-action, so keep tuned.