A sequel to Paul Feig’s The Housemaid will hit the big screen in 2027.
The film started coming together at the beginning of 2026 when it was greenlit by Lionsgate. Several faces both in front of and behind the camera in the first film will return to reprise their roles for the second, titled The Housemaid’s Secret.
Read on for everything we know about The Housemaid’s Secret movie adaptation below:
When will The Housemaid’s Secret movie come out?
The film has set its sights on Dec. 17, 2027 to bow in theaters, exactly two years after the first film arrived in 2025. Production is set to take place this fall, as Paul Feig told Deadline at the Oscars.
Has production on The Housemaid’s Secret started yet?
Yes, the film is now in production, according to the movie’s Instagram account, which posted a video of the cast on set getting into costume and some reuniting.
Who will be in the cast of The Housemaid’s Secret movie? Who is coming back from the first film?
Sydney Sweeney will reprise her role of Millie Calloway, who nannied and kept house for Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried) in the first film. Neither Seyfried’s Winchester nor Brandon Sklenar’s Andrew Winchester will be in the second film, with the latter meeting a fatal end in The Housemaid (2025). Michele Morrone will reprise his role of Enzo, the gardener.
As for new faces, Kirsten Dunst will star opposite Sweeney this second time around as Wendy Garrick. Paul Anthony Kelly (Love Story) will make his film debut as Wendy’s billionaire husband, Douglas Garrick. Brittany Snow has also joined the film as Marybeth.
Stephen Kalyn of Off Campus fame has been cast as Brock.
What is The Housemaid’s Secret about?
Sweeney’s Millie Calloway will take on a new housekeeping job for a woman she’s never allowed to see. Another locked door threatens to explore secrets much darker than Millie’s. The film will be based on Frieda McFadden’s sequel novel of the same name, which published in 2023.
Who else is behind The Housemaid’s Secret?
Sweeney will also executive produce. Paul Feig is returning to direct from a script by Rebecca Sonnenshine, who adapted The Housemaid.
Producers will include Todd Lieberman of Hidden Pictures, Feig and Laura Fischer of Feig’s Pretty Dangerous Pictures, and Hidden Pictures’ Carly Elter and Alex Young. Author McFadden will also serve as an executive producer.
The film will be overseen by Lionsgate’s Chelsea Kujawa, who also oversaw the first film and brought the project into the studio, alongside Maria Ascanio. Robert Melnik negotiated deals for the studio.