Universal Pictures is capitalizing on the heat from Sydney Sweeney and the success of The Housemaid by stepping on the gas on its own Sweeney thriller, The Caretaker.
Indie horror darling David Bruckner has been tapped to direct the feature project that adapts the upcoming book by Marcus Kliewer and that was initially set up as short story in 2022.
Sweeney is producing Caretaker through her Fifty-Fifty Films as are Michael Bay and Brad Fuller via their Platinum Dunes label’s first-look deal with the studio. Scott Glassgold will produce through 12:01 Films.
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Caretaker is based on the second novel by Kliewer, a short story writer whose 2024 debut breakout We Used To Live Here established him as a leading voice in literary horror. Caretaker hits shelves Apr. 21 from Simon & Schuster and Atria’s horror imprint 12:01 Books and
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