{"id":357,"date":"2024-07-24T16:22:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2024-07-24T16:22:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T16:22:06","slug":"mark-harmons-first-new-gig-since-leaving-ncis-is-a-freaky-blast-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Mark Harmon\u2019s First New Gig Since Leaving \u2018NCIS\u2019 Is A Freaky Blast From The Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCIS fans were downcast when Special Agent Gibbs turned in his badge, cap, and head slaps in favor of the quiet life in Alaska. But viewers will have something both new and familiar to look forward to soon. Mark Harmon has left the Navy Yard, but he will be spending this newfound free time in a very familiar, very nostalgic role, as he has been cast in Freaky Friday 2.<\/p>\n

Harmon had been the face of Special Agent Gibbs\u2014not as very special as Michael Weatherly\u2019s DiNozzo\u2014since 2003, when the character was first introduced in JAG. He parted ways with the show in 2021. But right around the same time, he also became known simply as Ryan in 2003\u2019s Freaky Friday, whose sequel will be Harmon\u2019s first acting gig since leaving NCIS.<\/p>\n

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In his first big acting gig since leaving NCIS, Mark Harmon will reprise his role for Freaky Friday 2 \/ (c) Walt Disney\/courtesy Everett Collection
\nIn the 2003 film, Harmon co-starred in the third adaptation of the same story alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, whose character he is engaged, and Lindsay Lohan. The story tells of the troubled relationship between a mother and daughter that gets turned on its head when they get turned into each other\u2014or more specifically, they swap bodies.<\/p>\n

With a budget of $26 million, Freaky Friday was an immediate financial success, grossing over $160 million worldwide. It was also a box office success and saw Curtis earn a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture \u2013 Musical or Comedy. Playing out the dysfunctional chaos of the film family, many of the castmates found themselves becoming a found family themselves.<\/p>\n

Freaky filming fun once again
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He voiced his hopes for the project last year \/ \u00a9Buena Vista Pictures\/courtesy Everett Collection
\nBack in May 2023, Disney formally announced that a sequel, Freaky Friday 2, was in development. Additionally, it will feature much of the original cast reprising their old roles. That includes Harmon as Ryan, Curtis as Tess Coleman, Lohan as Anna Coleman, as well as returning veterans Chad Michael Murray, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Christina Vidal, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Cho reprising their roles.<\/p>\n

Fans excited to see this story continue can take heart knowing that principal photography began on June 24, 2024.<\/p>\n

He voiced his hopes for the project last year \/ \u00a9Buena Vista Pictures\/courtesy Everett Collection
\nBack in May 2023, Disney formally announced that a sequel, Freaky Friday 2, was in development. Additionally, it will feature much of the original cast reprising their old roles. That includes Harmon as Ryan, Curtis as Tess Coleman, Lohan as Anna Coleman, as well as returning veterans Chad Michael Murray, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Christina Vidal, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Cho reprising their roles.<\/p>\n

Fans excited to see this story continue can take heart knowing that principal photography began on June 24, 2024.
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\nTess Coleman and Ryan \/ (c) Walt Disney\/courtesy Everett Collection
\nThis is a project that the NCIS alum has been looking forward to for some time. Back in November 2023, Harmon shared his hopes of returning for the sequel while speaking on The Kelly Clarkson Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [Jamie]\u2019s talking about it, then it\u2019ll happen because all things happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequel takes place several years after the first film and follows the mother-daughter duo once again. Anna is welcoming a stepdaughter into her family, which already has another daughter. It\u2019s further teased that Tess and Anna \u201cdiscover that lightning might indeed strike twice.\u201d
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\nMark Harmon is returning to the screen, albeit for a very different genre in Freaky Friday 2
\nMark Harmon is returning to the screen, albeit for a very different genre in Freaky Friday 2 \/ YouTube screenshot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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