It’s confirmed. Actor Sydney Sweeney is formally stepping again into The Housemaid universe, reuniting with director Paul Feig for a sequel that has now been put into movement following the movie’s sudden field workplace surge. In accordance with a report in Deadline, the studio has greenlit The Housemaid’s Secret, the follow-up to the psychological thriller that has quickly emerged as one of many 12 months’s standout theatrical performers.
The sequel attracts from the second novel in Freida McFadden’s in style trilogy and has been quietly taking form for months. Manufacturing is predicted to start later this 12 months, with Sydney returning as Millie — the enigmatic younger girl whose try at beginning over led her right into a deeply unsettling family. In the meantime, Paul will as soon as once more direct, whereas Michele Morrone is ready to reprise his position as Enzo, the Winchesters’ groundskeeper and a vital presence in Millie’s journey.
For the unversed, launched earlier this 12 months, The Housemaid proved to be a business win, incomes $75.7 million domestically and $133 million worldwide in opposition to a $35 million finances, as reported by Selection. The R-rated thriller additionally generated robust word-of-mouth and on-line chatter, capped by an ending that teased Millie’s subsequent chapter and featured Taylor Swift’s I Did One thing Dangerous over the credit.
“It’s clear from each the worldwide field workplace and from the outpouring on social media that audiences have responded strongly — and audibly — to the completely distinctive and actually theatrical expertise of The Housemaid and need to know what occurs subsequent,” stated Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate’s Movement Image Group.
“We believed in these tales from the very starting, and we’re past excited to carry the following chapter of Millie’s story to life on-screen in collaboration with our excellent artistic companions Todd, Paul, Laura, Carly, Alex, and Sydney. The Housemaid’s Secret is one other wildly thrilling e book in Freida’s sequence that has captivated readers worldwide, and we look ahead to translating it right into a equally rousing and riotous moviegoing expertise,” he added.
Paul additionally mirrored on the movie’s reception and the chance to proceed the story. “It’s been thrilling to see audiences all over the world fall in love with The Housemaid and the unbelievable work of our proficient solid and crew. We’re fortunate that Freida McFadden has already prolonged Millie’s journey on the web page, and that we get to work with Rebecca Sonnenshine to carry this subsequent story to audiences,” he stated.
Whereas Amanda Seyfried’s Nina Winchester doesn’t characteristic within the second novel, business studies counsel her involvement hasn’t been dominated out. Amanda herself not too long ago hinted on the sequel’s certainty throughout an look on the Palm Springs Worldwide Movie Pageant. “Nobody’s stated something about quantity two, however I assure there will probably be quantity two,” she was quoted as saying.