The Housemaid Is Back And This Time, Kirsten Dunst Is Hiding Something

When a movie turns $35 million into nearly $400 million at the box office, a sequel isn't just likely it's a foregone conclusion. That's exactly where we find ourselves with Sydney Sweeney's 2025 psychological thriller The Housemaid, which is officially returning with a follow-up that promises to be just as twisty and unsettling as the original.

The upcoming film, titled The Housemaid's Secret, will once again see Sweeney step into the shoes of Millie, the quietly determined protagonist who has a knack for stumbling into households with very dark secrets. But this time around, she won't be squaring off against Amanda Seyfried. Instead, Kirsten Dunst steps in as Wendy Garrick and something about her is deeply, disturbingly wrong.

A New Family. A Locked Room. A Mystery Begging to Be Solved.

In The Housemaid's Secret, Millie takes a new job with the Garrick family, and it doesn't take long before things feel off. Mrs. Garrick is never actually seen not once. The only signs that she even exists are the muffled sound of crying drifting through the walls and blood found on her laundry. Naturally, that's more than enough to send Millie digging for answers in the guest room, where the story takes the kind of sharp, unexpected turns that Freida McFadden's readers have come to love.

It's a premise that feels both intimate and deeply eerie the kind of slow-burn dread that made the first film so compelling, cranked up another notch.

The Core Team Is Coming Back

Fans of the original will be relieved to know this isn't a case of a rushed cash-grab sequel with a revolving door of new talent. Director Paul Feig and screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine are both returning, which bodes well for tonal consistency. Michele Morrone is also confirmed to reprise his role as Enzo, keeping one of the first film's more intriguing threads alive.

Could This Become a Trilogy?

McFadden's Housemaid series currently spans three books, and with the second already being adapted, the third The Housemaid Is Watching feels like an eventual inevitability, provided The Housemaid's Secret performs anywhere near as well as its predecessor. There's a full story arc here waiting to play out on screen, and the pieces are clearly being put in place.

No release date has been announced yet, but if you've already been burned by the first film's ending, you might want to start mentally preparing now. Millie's story is far from over.