After strong box office – nearly $100 million domestically in less than a month – Lionsgate is ready to serve up more salacious thrills with The Housemaid 2.
Based on the novel by Freida McFadden, the current film stars Sydney Sweeney as the live-in maid to a wealthy couple with many secrets. Audiences reacted strongly to the '90s erotic thriller vibes, delivering Sweeney a sorely needed hit after the twin flops of Christy and her American Eagle ad campaign.
The sequel will begin production later this year with Sweeney, actor Michele Morrone, and director Paul Feig slated to return. This follow-up will adapt The Housemaid's Secret, and I would not be surprised if an adaptation of the third book (The Housemaid Is Watching) gets the green light before too long.
The Housemaid is currently in theaters. The sequel has no release date set.
About Kip Mooney
Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about.
I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague.
Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work.
In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo.
I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.
