Directed by Paul Feig, The Housemaid stars Sydney Sweeney as Millie, a struggling young woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew (Brandon Sklenar), an upscale, wealthy couple… but soon learns that the family’s secrets are far more dangerous than her own.

Principal photography began on January 3, 2025, in New Jersey, and it is expected to wrap on February 14. Michele Morrone will also star in the upcoming movie.

The screenplay is by Rebecca Sonnenshine, based on the bestselling novel by Freida McFadden.

The novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year, 75 weeks and counting, and on the Amazon bestsellers list for 98 weeks and counting. It also has a record-breaking half-billion pages read on Kindle and is the No. 2 most-read title for Kindle’s 10th anniversary behind only the Harry Potter series. It has sold more than 3.6 million copies in English has been translated into 40 languages.

The book is available in Romania (Menajera – Editura Bookzone) and in Hungary (A téboly otthona – published by Álomgyár Kiadó).

The Housemaid is scheduled to be released in December 25, 2025. Prorom will release the movie in the same period in Eastern Europe.