David Bruckner (The Night House) is set to write and direct The Caretaker, Universal’s adaptation of the novel by Marcus Kliewer that has Sydney Sweeney aboard to star, Deadline has confirmed.
Reps for Universal declined comment. Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will produce through Platinum Dunes under their first-look deal with the studio, along with Scott Glassgold through 12:01 Films, and Sweeney. Karl Gajdusek and Drew Crevello wrote previous drafts of the script.
In The Caretaker, a troubled young woman takes a caretaking job at an isolated coastal house, only to discover she must follow a series of increasingly disturbing rules to contain a reality-warping force — one that may already be slipping beyond her control.
We broke the news of Sweeney’s attachment back in October 2022, when Universal won rights to the property in a bidding war. The project originated as a short story, which
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