Jamie Lee Curtis Says She Is Doing Away with 'Disappointment' and Focusing on 'Hope' in 2025 (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Lee Curtis at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 3, 2025.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

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Jamie Lee Curtisis doing away with negativity for the new year.On Friday, Jan. 3, theFreaky Fridaystar, 66, revealed her ins and outs for 2025 while speaking to PEOPLE at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards in California.When asked what she was leaving behind in 2024, Curtis replied, “disappointment.“She added that it’s been “a hard year for many people.” However, she noted that she was looking to a brighter future and manifesting “hope” in 2025.Jamie Lee Curtis at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 3, 2025.Steve Granitz/FilmMagicIn 2024, theHalloweenstar received anhonorary degree from the American Film Instituteand evendeleted her account on X(formerly Twitter). She also starred inThe Last Showgirl, alongsidePamela Anderson, and produced and starred inThe Sticky, a heist show about a Canadian syrup farmer who assembles a team to take on the country’s multi-million dollar maple syrup industry.Curtis also has quite a bit to look forward to in the new year. She previously announced that she andLindsay Lohanwould be returning forFreakier Friday, a sequel to the 2003 comedyFreaky Friday, which is set to hit theaters in August.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The pair revealed that the filming for the sequel kicked off in June atWalt Disney Studioswith anInstagram postshowing them holding hands on the set. She also shared how emotional she got when the filming was over, showing a photo on Instagram of herself crying in the mirror.Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan on Aug. 9, 2024.Jesse Grant/Getty“Mommy was up way effing past her bedtime. No filter. Little sleep. Lots of laughs and a little blood, much sweat and copious tears,” she wrote alongside the photo.“We made it for all of you,” said Curtis of the film in her post, “and I can’t wait for you to see it and I’m thrilled to have been reunited with @lindsaylohan and get to watch new talents form and expand.”During an appearance onTodayin December, she also teased what people can expect from the new sequel. According toEntertainment Weekly, it will be centered on Lohan and Curtis’ charactersswitching bodieswith two teenage girls.“We couldn’t have made this movie until now, because Lindsay [Lohan] had to be old enough to have a 15 year old,” Curtis said during an appearance onToday. “She has a 15-year-old, so I’m now a grandma.”She added that despite the new story, the film would be filled with lots of “nostalgia” that longtimeFreaky Fridayfans are hoping to see.“And it checks every box that you would want,” the actress said. “It has the nostalgia of the original movie withPink SlipandChad Michael Murray.”

Jamie Lee Curtisis doing away with negativity for the new year.

On Friday, Jan. 3, theFreaky Fridaystar, 66, revealed her ins and outs for 2025 while speaking to PEOPLE at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards in California.

When asked what she was leaving behind in 2024, Curtis replied, “disappointment.”

She added that it’s been “a hard year for many people.” However, she noted that she was looking to a brighter future and manifesting “hope” in 2025.

Jamie Lee Curtis at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 3, 2025.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

In 2024, theHalloweenstar received anhonorary degree from the American Film Instituteand evendeleted her account on X(formerly Twitter). She also starred inThe Last Showgirl, alongsidePamela Anderson, and produced and starred inThe Sticky, a heist show about a Canadian syrup farmer who assembles a team to take on the country’s multi-million dollar maple syrup industry.

Curtis also has quite a bit to look forward to in the new year. She previously announced that she andLindsay Lohanwould be returning forFreakier Friday, a sequel to the 2003 comedyFreaky Friday, which is set to hit theaters in August.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

The pair revealed that the filming for the sequel kicked off in June atWalt Disney Studioswith anInstagram postshowing them holding hands on the set. She also shared how emotional she got when the filming was over, showing a photo on Instagram of herself crying in the mirror.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan on Aug. 9, 2024.Jesse Grant/Getty

Jesse Grant/Getty

“Mommy was up way effing past her bedtime. No filter. Little sleep. Lots of laughs and a little blood, much sweat and copious tears,” she wrote alongside the photo.

“We made it for all of you,” said Curtis of the film in her post, “and I can’t wait for you to see it and I’m thrilled to have been reunited with @lindsaylohan and get to watch new talents form and expand.”

During an appearance onTodayin December, she also teased what people can expect from the new sequel. According toEntertainment Weekly, it will be centered on Lohan and Curtis’ charactersswitching bodieswith two teenage girls.

“We couldn’t have made this movie until now, because Lindsay [Lohan] had to be old enough to have a 15 year old,” Curtis said during an appearance onToday. “She has a 15-year-old, so I’m now a grandma.”

She added that despite the new story, the film would be filled with lots of “nostalgia” that longtimeFreaky Fridayfans are hoping to see.

“And it checks every box that you would want,” the actress said. “It has the nostalgia of the original movie withPink SlipandChad Michael Murray.”

source: people.com