EXCLUSIVE: Following the worldwide success of The Housemaid, Lionsgate shouldn’t be messing round with its upcoming sequel. The studio has set Kirsten Dunst to affix Sydney Sweeney in The Housemaid’s Secret, based mostly on Freida McFadden’s second e book in her Housemaid sequence. Paul Feig will return to direct the challenge, as will producers Todd Lieberman through his Hidden Pictures; Feig, who produces by means of his Pretty Dangerous Pictures along with his accomplice Laura Fischer; and Sweeney by means of her Fifty-Fifty Films banner.
Screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine, who tailored the primary e book into final 12 months’s hit movie, additionally returns to write down The Housemaid’s Secret. Michele Morrone will return to star as Enzo, reprising his position from the primary movie. Carly Elter, who oversaw the primary film for Hidden Pictures, is returning as government producer. Alex Young of Hidden Pictures may also government produce. Fifty Fifty’s Kaylee McGregor will co-produce.
In The Housemaid’s Secret, Millie (Sweeney) returns, taking a job protecting home for a girl she’s by no means allowed to see — solely to find the reality behind the locked door that threatens to reveal secrets and techniques far darker than her personal. It’s based mostly on McFadden’s 2023 sequel novel.
“It is a privilege to bring The Housemaid’s next chapter to the screen with Kirsten Dunst. She is an icon. Her career reflects extraordinary range and fearlessness,” mentioned Erin Westerman, president, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “Opposite the ever-magnetic Sydney Sweeney, she will be an electrifying force in a world where nothing is ever quite as it seems.”
Chelsea Kujawa and Maria Ascanio are overseeing the challenge for Lionsgate. Robert Melnik negotiated the deal on behalf of the studio.
After opening over the vacations, The Housemaid became one of many greatest hits of 2025 grossing almost $400 million on the world field workplace. Following its success, Lionsgate moved quick to lock in Sweeney given her schedules, but in addition knew they wanted one other A-lister to affix Sweeney in sequel. After a handful of conferences, execs and producers couldn’t move on the chance to lock in Dunst, who was in demand following her work in final 12 months’s Roofman.
The Oscar-nominated Dunst just lately signed on to star in the sequel to A Minecraft Movie, set for launch subsequent June. She may also star in The Entertainment System Is Down, the brand new movie from Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund. Her most up-to-date starring roles embrace Roofman and Civil War.
She is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360 and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.
