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David Bruckner (The Night House) is group to constitute and nonstop The Caretaker, Universal’s adjustment of nan caller by Marcus Kliewer that has Sydney Sweeney aboard to star, Deadline has confirmed.
Reps for Universal declined to comment. Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will nutrient done Platinum Dunes, nether their first-look woody pinch nan studio, on pinch Scott Glassgold done 12:01 Films, and Sweeney done Fifty-Fifty Films. Karl Gajdusek and Drew Crevello wrote erstwhile drafts of nan script.
In The Caretaker, a troubled young female takes a caretaking occupation astatine an isolated coastal house, only to observe she must travel a bid of progressively disturbing rules to incorporate a reality-warping unit — 1 that whitethorn already beryllium slipping beyond her control.
We broke nan news of Sweeney’s attachment each nan measurement backmost successful October 2022, erstwhile Universal won authorities to nan spot successful a bidding war. The task originated arsenic a short story, which Kliewer fleshed retired into his 2nd novel, released April 21 via Simon & Schuster / Atria’s imprint 12:01 Books. Kliewer’s debut novel, We Used To Live Here, was a 2024 bestseller that marked Kliewer arsenic a buzzy caller sound successful literate horror.
Bruckner is simply a genre filmmaker who astir precocious directed a reboot of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser for Hulu. Prior to that, he made The Night House, nan psychological scary movie starring Rebecca Hall that was released by Searchlight Pictures. Other credits for nan filmmaker include The Ritual, a Netflix-distributed scary movie based connected nan caller by Adam Nevill, and aggregate installments of nan V/H/S franchise, including 2023’s V/H/S/85.
THR was first to study connected Bruckner’s engagement pinch The Caretaker.
