Overview
- Multiple trade reports on Wednesday say Paul Feig has signed to direct Detention, a horror-thriller based on a spec script by Daniel Gold and packaged by producers including Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller, Laura Fischer and Feig himself.
- Outlets note the film is being presented as darker than The Housemaid, but its official logline is being kept private and a published premise about reunited classmates and a disturbing secret remains unconfirmed.
- No studio or cast are officially attached at this early stage, though sources cited by several outlets say Universal is the most likely studio to get a first look because of its ties to Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse Atomic Monster.
- Feig’s recent hit The Housemaid, which industry reports pegged at more than $400 million worldwide, has raised his market leverage and the project is expected to follow or run alongside his work on The Housemaid’s Secret sequel.
- The collaboration pairs two veteran genre producers who have a history of commercial horror releases, and the current packaging suggests the next steps will be studio talks, casting and formal financing rather than an immediate greenlight.