Freakier Friday was born out of Jamie Lee Curtis asking Disney if they could make the sequel after she met tons of fans who wanted to see a follow-up while touring the world for the Halloween movies. It’s helmed by Nisha Ganatra from a script by Jordan Weiss, and is produced by Curtis alongside Kristen Burr and Andrew Gunn.

Nobody 2' Surprises, 'Freakier Friday' Steals the Show Summer is wrapping up, and the last major studio release before the Labor Day weeken

So, when she realized on the “Halloween Ends” press run that Lindsay Lohan had reached the age where she could believably have her own teenage daughter, Curtis called Disney CEO Bob Iger directly. From there the project snowballed, eventually coming to Ganatra.

What’s even funnier, though, is that after the Irish Wish actress pointed out the coincidence, no one changed it. She chalked it up to a surprise reference for fans, but the film’s director, Nisha Ganatra, said it wasn’t. Funnily, Lohan stated:

"Freaky Friday" brings Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan back for more body-swapping humor and a whole lot of nostalgia.

"We'd definitely have Manny Jacinto and Chad Michael Murray switching places. We all need that!" said Nisha Ganatra

Jamie Lee Curtis insisted on using Los Angeles to film Disney's "Freakier Friday," and nestled in the movie was the Hollywood favorite Record Parlour.

During our conversation about the sweet cameo in Freakier Friday, I asked Lohan about what it was like to work with Hendrix again all these years later. What I learned was that th

James Gunn told ScreenRant that “Superman” is arriving early on digital platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home and more so that viewers are able to watch the summer blockbuster ahead of “Peacemaker” Season 2 launching Aug. 21 on HBO Max. “Superman” effectively launched Gunn’s new DC Universe. “Peacemaker” is the …