David Bruckner to Write and Direct Universal’s ‘The Caretaker’ Starring Sydney Sweeney
The move signals renewed momentum on Universal’s literary horror adaptation ahead of the book’s April 21 release.
Overview
- Trade reports Thursday confirmed David Bruckner will write and direct Universal’s The Caretaker with Sydney Sweeney attached to star.
- Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will produce through Platinum Dunes alongside Scott Glassgold of 12:01 Films and Sweeney via her Fifty-Fifty Films banner.
- The story centers on a young woman hired to watch a remote coastal home who must follow unsettling rules to keep a reality-warping force in check.
- The film builds on earlier script drafts by Karl Gajdusek and Drew Crevello and adapts Marcus Kliewer’s short story expanded into a 320-page novel.
- Universal won the rights in a 2022 bidding war, the novel publishes April 21 through 12:01 Books, and no production or release timeline has been set as the studio declined comment.