Sydney Sweeney's The Housemaid 2 Gets Major Release Date Shake-Up
Director Paul Feig has locked in the production start for The Housemaid 2, finally putting a timeline on Sydney Sweeney’s thriller sequel. With cameras set to roll, the next chapter is officially on the clock.
Paul Feig hit the Oscars red carpet and did the one thing every sequel fan wants: he put a real timeline on The Housemaid 2. Clear, direct, and finally specific.
Where The Housemaid 2 stands right now
- Script status: written and in active rewrites by Feig himself.
- Filming: 'we start shooting in the fall.'
- Source material: the sequel adapts Freida McFadden's second Millie Calloway novel, The Housemaid's Secret.
- Story setup: Millie lands a new housekeeping job with Wendy Garrick and stumbles into a lethal scheme; Garrick twists the situation to try to pin a murder on her.
- Cast: Sydney Sweeney is back as Millie. Feig also said Michele Morrone will return; he previously worked with Feig on Another Simple Favor.
- Context: the first film, released by Lionsgate over the Christmas corridor, pulled in just under $395 million worldwide.
- Timing: if cameras roll this fall as planned, expect a release window no earlier than late 2027.
Feig did not hide the timeline. He kept it simple and planted a flag:
'We start shooting in the fall.'
The follow-up keeps the momentum going on McFadden's thriller series, with Sweeney front and center again as Millie steps into a job that turns into a trap. On the casting front, Morrone circling back with Feig is a nice wrinkle for fans tracking his recent collaborations.
Elsewhere on the carpet, Feig also chatted about Bridesmaids and waded into the discourse around another of his projects, pushing back on a negative review with some straight-to-the-audience energy. He argued that the romance crowd showed up for that one and predicted sturdy word of mouth:
'This movie is made for romance fans and I'm predicting it's going to do very well.'
He even highlighted the premiere vibe, saying the room erupted when the leads finally kissed. Make of that what you will, but the man clearly believes in his read of the audience.
Bottom line: The Housemaid 2 is locked on a fall start, Feig is still polishing the script, Sweeney is back, and the story digs into the nastier corners of Millie Calloway's world. More soon as production firms up.