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Kirsten Dunst Joins Sydney Sweeney in Lionsgate’s ‘The Housemaid’s Secret’

The casting signals Lionsgate’s push to grow the near-$400 million thriller into a continuing franchise.

Overview

  • Lionsgate, which announced the sequel casting Monday, set Kirsten Dunst to star opposite Sydney Sweeney in The Housemaid’s Secret.
  • Director Paul Feig returns with screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine, as Michele Morrone reprises Enzo and producing partners from Hidden Pictures, Pretty Dangerous Pictures, and Fifty-Fifty Films rejoin.
  • The film adapts Freida McFadden’s second Housemaid novel, with Millie taking a job for a woman she never sees and confronting secrets behind a locked door.
  • Production is expected to begin in 2026, and the studio has not set a release date.
  • The first film earned nearly $400 million worldwide on a modest budget, and some outlets cite a studio social post naming Dunst’s role as Wendy Garrick, a detail not widely confirmed.