The Housemaid's Secret will be released in 2027.
The highly anticipated sequel to The Housemaid - which sees Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney) lying on her resume to become a live-in nanny for wealthy couple Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar), who have dangerous secrets - is in early development with an earlier release date than fans might have expected.
Lionsgate has announced that The Housemaid's Secret will be released on December 17, 2027.
The movie will share a release date with The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, and upcoming Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Secret Wars.
Production is set to get underway later this year, with Paul Feig returning to direct alongside screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine.
The follow-up to this year's R-rated thriller is based on author Freida McFadden's novel of the same name.
Sweeney will reprise her role as Nina in the sequel, while Michele Morrone (Enzo Accardi) is back, and Kirsten Dunst is joining the cast.
Erin Westerman, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president, said in a statement: "It is a privilege to bring The Housemaid’s next chapter to the screen with Kirsten Dunst.
"She is an icon. Her career reflects extraordinary range and fearlessness. Opposite the ever-magnetic Sydney Sweeney, she will be an electrifying force in a world where nothing is ever quite as it seems."
Feig, 63, recently revealed that The Housemaid’s Secret will start shooting this autumn as the cast and crew are "ready to go".
He told The Hollywood Reporter at the Academy Awards on March 15: "We're going to start shooting in the fall. The script is all finished, we're just doing a little bit of rewrites on it. We're ready to go.
"Sydney's coming back and Michele's coming back and then some new very exciting actors are coming in."
In January 2025, Seyfried, 40, said she wants to make a cameo appearance in a potential sequel, which Sweeney and McFadden will produce.
She told Variety: "No one's said anything about number two, but I guarantee there will be number two.
"And I almost guarantee that I'm gonna be some small cameo in it because it's about Syd and her working for a new family. There's so much that happens, especially with Michele [Morrone]'s character Enzo.
"I really want to see how she keeps Nina Winchester in her pocket, because I will jump the f*** back into that."
