Freaky Friday director Mark Waters had hopes of working on the film’s long-awaited 2025 sequel — but, according to him, never got the opportunity.

“I was not invited to the party,” Waters, 61, claimed in an interview with Variety published on Saturday, August 16. “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.”

The director noted that once he realized that any involvement in Freakier Friday was off the table, he started to focus on other projects.

“It would have been nice to be involved but now that I’m not, I sort of compartmentalize it for myself,” Waters explained. “I need to devote my energy to keep making new, original things that are going to be hits and people can remake

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