The trailer for the extremely anticipated adaptation of The Housemaid, starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, has lastly been launched. Primarily based on the 2022 psychological thriller of the identical title by Freida McFadden, The Housekeeper follows a younger lady named Milly (Sweeney) who’s employed by a wealthy household as a live-in maid, solely to find the household and their residence are hiding some darkish secrets and techniques. Nonetheless, Milly additionally has secrets and techniques of her personal. The film is directed by A Easy Favor‘s Paul Feig and co-stars Brendan Sklenar (It Ends with Us), Michele Morrone (One other Easy Favor), and Elizabeth Perkins (The Flinstones).
Lionsgate has launched the primary trailer for The Housemaid forward of the movie’s December 19, 2025, launch date. Initially slated for a Christmas launch, The Housemaid was moved up one week and will probably be launched the identical day as Avatar: Fireplace and Ash. The trailer for The Housemaid is ready to a slow-down model of Sabrina Carpenter’s hit “Please Please Please” and showcases some darkish visuals, in what appears to be like like director Paul Feig’s bloodiest movie but. Watch the trailer beneath:
‘The Housemaid’ Will Conclude Sydney Sweeney’s Rocky 2025
The Housemaid appears to be like similar to A Easy Favor, one other adaptation of a preferred e-book whose trailers offered a lurid thriller a couple of younger lady drawn into the orbit of a rich couple with darkish secrets and techniques. A Easy Favor skewed extra in the direction of darkish comedy, whereas The Housemaid is choosing extra psychological horror and bloodshed. It actually makes the December launch date an fascinating selection, but it surely seems Lionsgate is possibly banking on the film to have a maintain into January as phrase of mouth builds.
That actually labored for Sydney Sweeney’s Anybody however You, because it opened to $6.3 million and fourth place in its opening weekend of December 22, 2023, however held on within the early months of January, turning into a sleeper hit and grossing $88.3 million domestically and $220.3 million worldwide. Paul Feig’s A Easy Favor was additionally a field workplace hit, bringing in $97 million again in 2018. Adapting a preferred e-book that grew to become a sensation on TikTok additionally labored out properly for It Ends with Us financially, pulling in $351 million worldwide. All that ought to bode properly for The Housemaid.
Nonetheless, Sydney Sweeney’s newest batch of movies has had a tough time on the field workplace and with critics, in what has been a relatively rocky highway for the younger actress. The Ron Howard-directed Eden solely grossed $1 million in theaters only a few weeks in the past. Echo Valley received a restricted theatrical launch earlier than debuting on Apple TV+ and obtained blended critiques from critics. Christy, which many noticed as Sweeney’s massive Oscar play, opens one month previous to The Housemaid and has obtained blended critiques from critics after its premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition. Mix that with the social media controversy surrounding her American Eagle advert, what appeared like Sweeney’s massive breakout yr has changed into a storm of media headlines. Regardless, if The Housemaid generally is a hit, it can actually finish the yr for her on a excessive word.
The Housemaid
- Launch Date
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December 19, 2025
- Writers
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Rebecca Sonnenshine, Freida McFadden
- Producers
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Todd Lieberman