Paul Anthony Kelly, finest identified for starring as John F. Kennedy Jr. on the mini-series “Love Story,” has joined the forged of “The Housemaid’s Secret.”
He’ll be a part of the beforehand introduced ensemble of Sydney Sweeney, Kristen Dunst and Michele Morrone. “The Housemaid’s Secret” is the follow-up to 2025’s breakout hit “The Housemaid.” Primarily based on Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel, the sequel picks up as Sweeney’s Millie — who was employed within the preliminary story because the live-in maid for a rich household with a darkish secret — taking a job “keeping house for a woman she’s never allowed to see — only to discover the truth behind the locked door that threatens to expose secrets far darker than her own.”
After “The Housemaid” grew to become a business smash — incomes $400 million globally in opposition to a $35 million finances — Lionsgate hopes to show “The Housemaid” into a serious movie franchise. The studio plans to adapt extra of McFadden’s work — there’s a 3rd novel, “The Housemaid Is Watching” — within the years forward.
“The Housemaid’s Secret” will start manufacturing later this 12 months and is about to open in theaters on Dec. 17, 2027. Paul Feig is again to direct alongside screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine, who tailored the primary ebook. Feig can also be producing with Todd Lieberman of Hidden Photos, Laura Fischer of Fairly Harmful and Sweeney by means of Fifty-Fifty Movies. Chelsea Kujawa and Maria Ascanio are overseeing the movie for Lionsgate.
“The Housemaid’s Secret” will mark Kelly’s movie debut. Following “Love Story,” he’s set to look within the subsequent season of “American Horror Story.”
