Overview
- Francis Lee’s new take on The Servant, unveiled Friday at the Cannes market, named Colman Domingo, Nicholas Hoult, Emma Corrin and Noah Jupe to the lead cast.
- The film moves the story to 1950s New York and follows Tony, played by Hoult, whose fraught bond with his manservant Barrett, played by Domingo, escalates into a power struggle.
- Lee writes and directs for producers Blueprint Pictures and Film4, with Mk2 handling international sales to distributors at Cannes.
- The project is described as a tense psychological thriller with sexual cat-and-mouse games and updated social dynamics, according to the producers’ announcement.
- Coverage notes that casting Domingo as the servant may add explicit racial resonance to the original’s class and sexual themes, while the 1963 Joseph Losey film remains a touchstone credited with influencing later works like Parasite.