For the first time in more than a decade, audiences will be able to watch Lindsay Lohan take on a leading role in a major-studio, big-screen film.
The actress is starring in the sequel to 2003’s “Freaky Friday,” which just began shooting.
Monday on the social media platform X, Walt Disney Studios posted a photo of Lohan and co-star Jamie Lee Curtis outside of their trailers holding hands and beaming.
“The Colemans are back and coming to theaters in 2025! The sequel to Freaky Friday is now in production!,” the post said.
In a nod to the plot of the mother-daughter body-swap comedy, Lohan, 37, sat outside Curtis’ trailer and Curtis, 65, perched in front of Lohan’s.
The more-than-two-decade-old previous film grossed $160 million worldwide (off a $26 million budget) and was the 20th top movie of the year at the domestic box office.
In the story based on Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel, a mom named Tess (Curtis) and her daughter Anna (Lohan) are shocked to wake up in each other’s bodies. Antics ensue. Chad Michael Murray will also return as Jake.
Disney has only provided a vague description of the long-awaited followup:
“Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice.”
Lohan will definitely be hoping lightning strikes twice for her.
While the actress has acted in a number of TV shows and minor films (“The Canyons,” “Among The Shadows”) since 2007’s “Georgia Rule,” it’s been years since she’s taken on a substantial role for a major studio.
Lohan appeared in two recent (and awful) romantic comedies for Netfix, “Irish Wish” and “Falling For Christmas.” And she made a small cameo earlier this year in Paramount’s “Mean Girls,” the remake of the 2004 teen classic she starred in, among other small projects.
But her last big part for a major Hollywood studio was in 2010 — 20th Century Fox’s “Machete,” directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Returning to Disney, which also produced her debut movie “The Parent Trap,” is a major step for the actress, who’s struggled with comebacks since her dramatic days as a gossip column fixture.