Mark Waters, who directed the 2003 movie Freaky Friday, says he wanted to be a part of the sequel, Freakier Friday. According to a new interview, the filmmaker expressed his interest in serving as an executive producer or a more tertiary role.

“Yeah, unfortunately, I was not invited to the party,” Waters, 61, told Variety of the sequel in an interview published Friday, Aug. 15. “I did raise my hand and say I’d love to be involved somehow, even in a kind of godfather aspect or executive producer.”

Waters admitted he never developed his own sequel to 2003's Freaky Friday, adding he wanted to be involved. "Yeah, unfortunately, I was not invited to the party. I did raise my hand and say I’d love to be involved somehow, even in a kind of godfather aspect or executive producer. But I was not extended an invitation ."

Mark Waters—who directed the original Freaky Friday movie—addressed not being invited back to helm the 2025 sequel Freakier Friday alongside original cast members Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

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Mark Waters, who helmed Lindsay Lohan classics “Freaky Friday” and “Mean Girls,” says he was “not invited” to be involved with “Freakier Friday.”