Overview

• Mark Waters said he offered to serve as an executive producer or “godfather” on Freakier Friday but “was not extended an invitation” by Disney.
• Despite his exclusion, Waters said he is “very supportive” of the sequel and recounted that cast members reached out during filming asking, “Where the hell are you, Waters?”
• Freakier Friday debuted on August 8 with generally positive reviews and an opening-weekend gross of about $28.6 million.
• Director Nisha Ganatra has already floated ideas for a third installment, tentatively called Freakiest Friday, featuring a proposed six-way body swap.
• Waters also addressed criticisms of the 2003 original’s Asian stereotypes, describing them as “over the top” and noting that the new film had worked to course-correct those elements.