EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to Nita Prose’s not yet released debut novel The Maid.
Oscar Nominee Florence Pugh set to play the title character in the film. Josh McLaughlin and Chris Goldberg are producing through their companies Wink Pictures and Winterlight Pictures, respectively.
Pugh will produce as well. Prose will also serve as executive producer. The deal was brokered by ICM Partners on behalf of the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV and Film Agency.Set for publication in 2022 via Penguin Random House in the US and Canada and HarperFiction in the UK, the novel blends the charm of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine with an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery.The
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