The green light finally came in 2023, when Disney confirmed that both leads were attached. By early 2024, pre-production was underway, and filming officially wrapped in late 2024.
Set 22 years after the original events, the story finds Anna Coleman (Lohan) navigating life as a single mother to her 14-year-old daughter, Harper. As Anna prepares to merge her family with that of her fiancé, British restaurateur Eric Davis, friction arises between Harper and her soon-to-be stepdaughter, Lily. freaky friday 2
The major holdup was threefold: Disney’s shifting priorities (moving from mid-budget comedies to blockbusters), scheduling conflicts, and finding a script that justified revisiting the characters. Unlike other legacy sequels that ignore the passage of time, Freaky Friday 2 had to address that Anna (Lohan) and Tess (Curtis) would now be in completely different life stages. The green light finally came in 2023, when