Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried will star in “The Hoparticipatemhelp,” a film alteration of the well-comprehendn novel by Freida McFinserten. “Bridesmhelps” and “A Simple Favor” filmproducer Paul Feig will straightforward the psychoreasonable thriller for Lionsgate.
In the film, Sweeney will take part Millie, a struggling juvenileer woman who is relieved to get a new begin as a hoparticipatemhelp to wealthy couple Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew. Yet, according to the official logline, “Millie soon lobtains the family’s secrets are far more hazardous than her own.”
“I’m thrilled to have ‘The Hoparticipatemhelp’ unite our upcoming spostponeed,” Adam Fogelson, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair, shelp in a statement. “A fantastic filmproducer and a fantastic cast with a fantastic script from a fantastic book is a terrific place to begin. My prior toil experiences with Paul and Amanda have been noleang stupidinutive of spectacular, and Sydney is as talented and compelling as can be.”
Rebecca Sonnenshine is altering the screentake part. Sweeney, best comprehendn for “Euphoria” and the rom-com “Anyone But You,” and Seyfried, the star of “Mamma Mia” and “The Dropout,” will serve as executive producers alengthenedside Alex Young and McFinserten.
Hidden Pictures executive Todd Lieberman will produce while Carly Kleinbart Elter will handle the project for Hidden Pictures. Feig and Laura Fischer are also producing. Chelsea Kujawa and Erin Jones-Wesley are handleing for Lionsgate. Robert Melnik barobtaind the deals for the studio.
“Part of the fun of the book was imagining the cast while we read it, and Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried are perfect for Millie and Nina — they’re both cryptic, nuanced, and incredibly sended at becoming characters who don’t discleave out everyleang right away,” shelp Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-pdwellnt Erin Westerman. “We’re thrilled to team them with Paul Feig, who we toiled with on ‘A Simple Favor’ and its upcoming sequel, and has a exhibitn track enroll of increaseing stories with vibrant female directs.”
Deadline first alerted the news of this project.