Operation 'Make Piles Of Cash' is in full effect, people. Following last week's news that Kirsten Dunst has joined A Minecraft Movie's sequel, quite
Operation ‘Make Piles Of Cash’ is in full effect, people. Following last week’s news that Kirsten Dunst has joined A Minecraft Movie‘s sequel, quite literally paying off a viral comment she made last year about wanting to finally make a movie that doesn’t lose money, the Oscar nominee has only gone and found herself another buzzy, sure-to-be-bankable sequel to board. Per Deadline‘s reporting, Dunst is set to star alongside Sydney Sweeney in The Housemaid’s Secret, director Paul Feig’s upcoming sequel to twisty book-based thriller The Housemaid.
Set to adapt the second book in Freida McFadden’s bestselling Housemaid series, The Housemaid’s Secret — which, once again, boasts a script from screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine — will see Sweeney’s sort of undercover vigilante Millie back to uncover dim secrets in another outwardly pretty, inwardly rotten gaff. This time out, rather than *SPOILER ALERT* sparring/teaming up with Amanda Seyfried to deal with a Brandon Sklenar shaped monstrous hair fetishist *SPOILER OVER*, Sweeney’s Millie takes a job housekeeping for Wendy Garrick, a secretive figure she isn’t actually allowed to meet. And whaddayaknow? Mrs. Garrick’s house has an ominous locked door hiding a few secrets that’d make even our dear Millie shudder. As you can see in the below tweet from The Housemaid‘s account, Dunst will be playing the elusive Mrs. Garrick in the movie. She’ll also be joined by Michele Morrone’s stalwart Enzo in The Housemaid’s Secret‘s line-up.
“It is a privilege to bring The Housemaid’s next chapter to the screen with Kirsten Dunst. She is an icon. Her career reflects extraordinary range and fearlessness,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Erin Westerman in a statement accompanying the buzzy casting announcement. “Opposite the ever-magnetic Sydney Sweeney, she will be an electrifying force in a world where nothing is ever quite as it seems.”
Given the $400 million+ box office success of The Housemaid, and the legion of fans already knees-deep in McFadden’s Housemaid books, we reckon Dunst has backed another winner with her second gigantic casting of the last fortnight. Now we just have to wait to find out whether The Housemaid’s Secret is one worth sharing. Here’s hoping!
Want to make sure you never miss out on the latest movie and TV news, reviews, and Empire exclusives again? Click here to add Empire as your go-to source on Google Feed.
COMMENTS