The Housemaid with Sweeney and Seyfried set for Dec 19, 2025 release

Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried headline The Housemaid, a film adaptation of Freida McFadden's 2022 bestseller, which is scheduled to open in U.S. theaters on December 19, 2025, studio materials show. Director Paul Feig unveiled first-look images Thursday showing Sweeney's character, Millie, working as a live-in housemaid for Seyfried's character, Nina, and hinting at the menacing intimations of the film's central mystery.

According to an official synopsis released with the images, Millie arrives seeking a fresh start but discovers that the affluent couple she works for, Nina and her husband Andrew Winchester, played by Brandon Sklenar, conceal dangerous secrets. The studio describes the film as a "seductive game of secrets, scandal and power" and promises "shocking twists" that will keep audiences guessing. Michele Morrone and Elizabeth Perkins are listed among the supporting cast.

Rebecca Sonnenshine adapted McFadden's novel for the screen, and Feig also produces the project alongside Todd Lieberman and Laura Fischer. The author and several other producers are credited as executive producers. The studio distributed the first photographs showing tense domestic scenes,...