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A shape adjustment of Lionsgate‘s psychological thriller The Housemaid is successful development, nan workplace announced today, pinch playwright Bekah Brunstetter (The Notebook) attached.
Producers are Melting Pot, led by Simon Friend and Hanna Osmolska (Life of Pi, Broadway‘s upcoming Paranormal Activity). Based connected Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel, The Housemaid was astir precocious adapted for nan 2025 film, which has grossed astir $400 cardinal astatine nan worldwide container office.
The shape accumulation marks nan latest measurement successful nan studio’s continued description of The Housemaid franchise, pinch The Housemaid’s Secret, based connected nan adjacent book successful nan book trilogy, expected to participate accumulation later this twelvemonth for a world theatrical merchandise connected December 17, 2027.
“The Housemaid has each nan elements for a successful shape adjustment – a blockbuster title, compelling characters, and a communicative afloat of twists and turns that builds hostility and momentum successful a measurement that people lends itself to nan stage,” said Jenefer Brown, Lionsgate’s President, Global Products & Experiences. “This task reflects really our deed films and IP tin beryllium transformed into caller experiences. We’re excited to collaborate pinch Simon, Hanna, and Bekah to bring The Housemaid to theatre‑goers successful a caller and friendly way.”
Said Friend, “When I first publication The Housemaid it was exhilarating, and what occurred to maine is really genuinely theatrical nan communicative is, not only happening mostly successful a single, claustrophobic location, but nan twisty elements which contemporize what has agelong worked successful potboiler shape thrillers. Bringing this communicative to unrecorded theatre, aft nan immensely successful film, offers nan chance to heighten its strength successful a shared way, and we’re thrilled to subordinate forces pinch Lionsgate and Bekah.”
Brunstetter, who was Tony-nominated for nan book of nan Broadway philharmonic The Notebook which she wrote pinch composer Ingrid Michaelson, said, “I’m truthful thrilled to beryllium bringing this gripping, emotional, strange, and moreover funny communicative to nan stage. Not only person I fallen successful emotion pinch nan adjustment process and bringing books to life connected some shape and screen, I’m highly excited to excavation into The Housemaid’s incredibly cosmopolitan themes of jealousy, nan symptom of desire, and nan traumas that link us.”
Casting and a accumulation timeline will beryllium announced later.
The film, directed by Paul Feig, stars Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, pinch Sweeney playing a live-in housemaid connected parole for manslaughter who is hired by Seyfried’s able Nina, who has a very shady past of her own. Brandon Sklenar plays Nina’s hubby who has an matter pinch housemaid Millie.
Recently, Lionsgate launched The Hunger Games: On Stage successful London astatine a purpose-built theatre successful Canary Wharf. Lionsgate will besides footwear disconnected a North American circuit of a caller shape accumulation of Dirty Dancing this August, and nan workplace is processing a Broadway philharmonic accumulation of nan $500-million grossing, four-time Oscar victor La La Land from shaper Marc Platt.
For nan stage, Melting Pot’s activity includes nan West End, Broadway and world deed Life of Pi, which won 5 Olivier Awards and 3 Tony Awards (including Best Scenic Design of a Play), Paranormal Activity – soon to unfastened connected Broadway arsenic good arsenic its Olivier-nominated West End run, Academy Award-winner Florian Zeller’s play The Truth opening successful nan West End adjacent month, nan world premiere philharmonic of David Nicholls’ caller One Day, arsenic good arsenic Ghost Stories, The Girl connected nan Train, and Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts.
For film, Friend produced The Father, which was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and went connected to triumph 2 including Anthony Hopkins’ 2nd Oscar for Best Actor successful a Leading Role.
Later this month, Brunstetter’s play Mother’s Day will debut arsenic portion of nan DNA New Works Program astatine La Jolla Playhouse. Brunstetter is besides creator of nan upcoming Peacock tv series, The Five-Star Weekend, starring Jennifer Garner. As a writer and producer, her TV activity includes This is Us, Sirens, Maid and American Gods.
