Paul Feig is going back to school. The filmmaker, who is in production on his upcoming The Housemaid sequel, is set to direct the horror feature Detention.
The film will be Feig’s first horror movie after gaining fame directing comedies such as Bridesmaids and dipping into the thriller genre with A Simple Favor and The Housemaid. While its logline is being kept under wraps, Detention is said to involve now-grown classmates who reconnect and discover a disturbing secret.
Feig and Laura Fischer will produce via Pretty Dangerous, as will Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller. Steven Schneider, Bea Sequeira and Daniel Gold are executive producers of the project, which hails from Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Fuller shepherded the script and got Feig on board.
No studio is attached, but Universal is a prime candidate given its relationship with Blumhouse Atomic Monster.
Detention began life as a spec script from Gold, the screenwriter who has been on a hot streak lately, selling the spec Tough Guys to Amazon MGM Studios for Gosling and Ferrell to star and produce, and landing the plumb assignment of writing Ride Along 3, also for Universal.
No actors are attached at this phase to Detention, and the hope is for this to be Feig’s next movie after he wraps The Housemaid’s Secret for Lionsgate.
Feig is at a high point thanks to The Housemaid, which punched above its weight class to earn more than $400 million globally on a $35 million budget. The Housemaid’s Secret reteams Feig with star Sydney Sweeney, and has Kirsten Dunst joining the franchise.
Feig is repped by CAA, Sloane Offer and the Lede Company. Gold is repped by CAA, Underground and Ginsburg Daniels.
