No fortune cookie might have predicted this, however Freaky Friday, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, has surged up the Disney+ streaming charts forward of its long-awaited legacy sequel – that guarantees an excellent Freakier Friday – releasing in theaters this August. In anticipation of the follow-up movie, Disney followers are seemingly getting their freak on as soon as extra and revisiting the 2003 body-swap comedy directed by Mark Waters.
22 years after its theatrical launch, Freaky Friday is a success once more, incomes a good slot on the Disney+ streaming charts in the US. On the time of writing, the film at present ranks at #7 within the streaming service’s Prime 10, positioned between the MCU’s Spider-Man: Homecoming at #6, and Avengers: Age of Ultron at #8. Actually, seven of the ten titles within the checklist are occupied by Marvel motion pictures or TV reveals, which makes Freaky Friday‘s placement stand out from the group, which, on this case, is a crowd of superheroes.
Associated
10 Disney Sequels That Are As Good As The Unique
These Disney sequels make us really feel like children once more and remind us that outdated adventures could be simply as wealthy and poignant when explored once more.
It won’t be a sizzling new launch, however Freaky Friday has discovered success on streaming regardless of being barely older (form of just like the Cryptkeeper). It appears to have made an enduring impression on audiences, who turned out of their droves to look at the hilarious antics of Curtis’ Tess Coleman and Lohan’s Anna Coleman because the mother-daughter duo expertise a peculiar accident, inflicting them to change our bodies and dwell one another’s lives. The film grossed over $160 million on the worldwide field workplace towards a price range of $26 million and in addition obtained constructive opinions from critics.
The Sequel to ‘Freaky Friday’ Guarantees an Even ‘Freakier Friday’
Disney confirmed {that a} Freaky Friday sequel was in growth in Might 2023, with Curtis and Lohan set to reprise their beloved roles. Particulars of the title and plot together with a primary look arrived at D23 in August of the next 12 months. The follow-up movie, aptly titled Freakier Friday, will decide up “years after Tess and Anna endured an identification disaster,” based on the sequel’s official synopsis. “Anna now has a daughter of her personal and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two households merge, Tess and Anna uncover that lightning would possibly certainly strike twice.”
Curtis and Lohan are joined within the forged by a number of different returning stars from the unique film, together with Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao, alongside new additions Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. Manny Jacinto, greatest identified for his roles in The Good Place and The Acolyte, can be within the combine, and it appears like he’s starring in a key function that may elevate a number of questions for followers of the 2003 film.
There are nonetheless loads of Fridays (or every other days that swimsuit) to schedule within the calendar a rewatch of Freaky Friday, which is accessible to stream on Disney+, earlier than Freakier Friday arrives in theaters on Aug. 8.
Supply: FlixPatrol
Freaky Friday
- Launch Date
-
August 5, 2003
- Runtime
-
97 minutes
- Director
-
Mark Waters
