Initially slated for a Christmas Day launch, Lionsgate has moved up the timeline for the launch of their adaptation of Freida McFadden’s novel The Housemaid, directed by Paul Feig. The movie will now be launched on December 19, the studio shared with Deadline.
Sydney Sweeney, who performs primary character Millie, is not any stranger to a profitable pre-Christmas film launch. Anybody However You, her romcom alongside Glen Powell, was launched on December 11, 2023 and finally surpassed $200 million on the field workplace globally, in line with Deadline.
The movie will observe Millie, a younger lady with a darkish previous, as she accepts a job as a live-in maid for rich married couple Nina and Andrew Winchester, performed by Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar.
At first, the job looks like a dream come true for somebody in Millie’s scenario, however issues quickly take a flip because the Winchesters’ habits in direction of her turns into stranger and stranger over time. Millie quickly realizes she is much from the one one in the home with darkish secrets and techniques ready to be revealed.
Whereas the movie’s new launch date will put it up in opposition to the extremely anticipated third installment of the Avatar sequence, Avatar: Fireplace and Ash, in addition to The SpongeBob Film: Seek for SquarePants, Lionsgate shared with Deadline that they’re very proud of the movie and appear assured in the way it will carry out.
Whereas The Housemaid doesn’t have an official age ranking but, given its categorization as a psychological thriller, its viewers will probably skew older than Avatar and SpongeBob, giving it room to shine.
Lionsgate appears to agree and be anticipating heavy viewership from the 18-24 age group, provided that they determined to maneuver up the discharge date to the weekend earlier than Christmas to encourage the home-from-college crowd to unfold the phrase forward of the vacation, in line with Deadline.
