Florence Pugh set for The Maid at Universal
Fighting with My Family and
Midsommar star Florence Pugh has signed on for the lead in The Maid, Universal Pictures’ big screen adaptation of the upcoming debut novel from author Nita Prose.
The book, which is set for release in 2022, is described as “blending the charm of Gail Honeyman’s
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine with an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery” and follows Molly, a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel, who gets to know each guest’s dirty secrets as she descends into the murderous underbelly of her workplace.
Pugh is currently shooting Olivia Wilde’s new film
The Maid: Florence Pugh to Star in Universal’s New Murder Mystery Film
The Maid: Florence Pugh to Star in Universal’s New Murder Mystery Film
In an intense bidding war against multiple studios, Deadline brings word Universal Pictures has successfully won the rights to author Nita Prose’s upcoming debut novel titled
The Maid. The studio is currently in the process of developing a film adaptation of the murder mystery novel with Oscar-nominated actress Florence Pugh officially signing on for the titular leading role.
Described as a mix between the charm of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine with an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery,
The Maid.
The actress, who caps off a stellar year that includes an Oscar nomination for
Little Women, has been cast as hotel maid Molly in the movie – which is based on Nita Prose s upcoming novel of the same name.
The story is described as Gail Honeyman s
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine meets Agatha Christie, and sees Molly get to know guests dirty secrets as she descends into the murderous underbelly of her workplace (via Karwai Tang/Getty Images
Pugh is also producing
The Maid alongside Josh McLaughlin, Chris Goldberg and executive producer Prose, while the latter s book is due out in 2022.
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