Andrew Gunn, producer of Disney's 'Freaky Friday' and 'Cruella,' dies at 56

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Andrew Gunn, a film producer on live-action Disney favorites including “Freaky Friday” and “Sky High,” has died.He was 56.

Gunn died Monday at his Toronto home following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, according to an obituary.“He was a courageous and modest man always doing for others before himself.

His love of family, friends, motorcycles and tattoos will long be remembered by those who knew him,” his wife Jane Bellamy Gunn said in a statement to USA Today.She told the outlet that Andrew had been diagnosed with Bulbar-onset ALS, a form of the neurodegenerative disease affecting the neck and face, in September 2025 after experiencing symptoms for more than two years.

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He was 53.The Canadian film producer was best known for his work on family friendly Disney comedies starting in the 2000s.Gunn launched his own production company, Gunn Films, in 2001 and had an exclusive first-look deal with Walt Disney Pictures.

Among his earliest hits was the 2003 body-swap comedy “Freaky Friday,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mother-daughter duo who wake up one morning in each other’s bodies.The remake was made after Gunn had pitched the movie to then-studio president Nina Jacobson.

“Andrew Gunn ...was a producer with great passion and emotionality which added so much to what makes those movies special,” Curtis wrote in her tribute posted to Instagram on Wednesday.

“His legacy lives on, and he will be missed.” Gunn was also the producer on the 2005 superhero comedy “Sky High,” as well as films based on iconic Disney theme park attractions, including “The Country Bears” (2002) and “The Haunted Mansion” (2003).His most recent credit...