Upon its release 20 years ago, Freaky Friday was a considerable success, being met with positive reviews and grossing $160.8 million against a budget of $26 million. She had served as Chairman of the Board of the Julliard School and on the Board of Lincoln Center for. She composed many musicals, and had also amassed credits in television and radio. Her first book-Freaky Friday-won several prizes, and was cited on the ALA Notable Book list. They are forced to quite literally walk a mile in each other's shoes, ultimately coming to understand one another better. Mary Rodgers was an accomplished author, screenwriter and composer. with my father sleeping in the other bed.

Tess and Anna's fractious relationship comes to a head when they awake one day to discover they have magically switched bodies. by Mary Rodgers RELEASE DATE: ApGregor Samsas 'Metamorphosis' to insect form is no more disconcerting than the opening of Freaky Friday: 'When I woke up this morning, I found Id turned into my mother. It follows Tess Coleman (Curtis), the widowed mother of aspiring teenage musician Anna (Lohan) and her younger brother, Harry (Ryan Malgarini). RELATED: Disney Drops Haunted Mansion's First Teaser Trailer (Freaky) Friday, Never Hesitateĭirected by Mark Waters from a script by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon, the first Freaky Friday film starring Curtis and Lohan released in theaters in August 2003. Elyse Hollander ( It Was Romance, An Ode to Demons) is attached to pen the script. But Rodgerss application is new: an identity exchange between generations. Wodehouse, among others, have used this theme.

The basic ideaan exchange of identities is hardly new Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and P. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are attached to reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman, respectively. Freaky Friday is one of this centurys funniest books for young adults. Walt Disney Pictures is developing a sequel to its hit 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday.Īs confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to the 2003 iteration of Freaky Friday is currently in the works at Disney.

Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers