Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway in ‘The Housemaid’. Photograph: Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate.
Preview:
- The sequel to ‘The Housemaid’ is scheduled to shoot this 12 months.
- Star Sydney Sweeney and director Paul Feig are each in talks to return.
- It’ll as soon as once more adapt a Freida McFadden e book.
Aiming to strike whereas the iron is sizzling and persons are nonetheless speaking in regards to the first film, Lionsgate has shortly given the thumbs up for a sequel to psychological thriller ‘The Housemaid,’ which has been doing strong enterprise on the field workplace since December 19 (to be actual: $75 million domestically in its first 17 days of launch and $133 million worldwide, with extra nations nonetheless to return).
Star Sydney Sweeney and director Paul Feig are each aiming to return for ‘The Housemaid’s Secret,’ tailored from the second of Freida McFadden’s books which the studio has had quietly in growth for the previous few months.
Based on the corporate’s announcement, Sweeney’s co-star Michele Morrone can be anticipated to return.
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What was the story of ‘The Housemaid’?
(L to R) Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway and Amanda Seyfried as Nina Winchester in ‘The Housemaid’. Photograph Credit score: Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate.
Attempting to flee her previous, Millie Calloway Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the rich Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar).
However what begins as a dream job shortly unravels into one thing way more harmful—a horny, seductive recreation of secrets and techniques, scandal, and energy.
‘The Housemaid’s Secret’ will see Millie working for one more household that –– shock, shock! –– harbors some darkish secrets and techniques. We suppose there wouldn’t actually be a film in the event that they didn’t.
Returning screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine has been at work on the brand new script, which Feig needs to be filming this 12 months. And with a 3rd e book already on cabinets (“The Housemaid is Watching”), we are able to count on extra if the sequel does nicely.
‘The Housemaid’s Secret’: the studio and director discuss
(L to R) Brandon Sklenar, Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney and director Paul Feig on the Lionsgate presentation at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas.Photograph: Lionsgate.
Right here’s Lionsgate Movement Image Group Chair Adam Fogelson on the choice to kickstart the sequel:
“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. 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 inventive companions Todd, Paul, Laura, Carly, Alex, and Sydney. ‘The Housemaid’s Secret’ is one other wildly thrilling e book in Freida’s collection that has captivated readers worldwide, and we sit up for translating it right into a equally rousing and riotous moviegoing expertise.”
And right here’s Feig on the sequel:
“It’s been thrilling to see audiences world wide 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 and Lionsgate to carry this subsequent story to audiences.”
When will ‘The Housemaid’s Secret’ be in theaters?
Lionsgate has but to verify when the brand new film could be on screens, however we’d guess it may very well be prepared for 2027 on the newest.
Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway in ‘The Housemaid’. Photograph Credit score: Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate.