The Housemaid Director Paul Feig Provides A New Replace About A Doable Spy 2 [Exclusive]

Followers of writer-director Paul Feig are getting excited for his newest movie “The Housemaid,” which adapts a massively common Freida McFadden e book and stars Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney, and Brandon Sklenar. Nevertheless, those self same followers may additionally be jonesing for a sequel to a comedy film he launched a decade in the past.

“Spy,” the 2015 collaboration between Feig and his frequent collaborator Melissa McCarthy (put a pin in that) casts McCarthy as CIA desk agent turned tremendous spy Susan Cooper, and it looks as if it might positively result in a enjoyable sequel. /Movie’s personal Ethan Anderton spoke to Feig within the lead-up to the discharge of “The Housemaid” and requested about this very factor, noting, “Has the state of huge display comedies at this time sort of made it troublesome for it to get any traction as of late?

Feig, for his half, stated it is a matter of dialogue. “I imply, folks speak about it on a regular basis. I do not know. I do not know if the spy, the motion comedy style is the place to go proper now,” he replied.

Past that, Feig spoke to the truth that he is sometimes towards sequels (sure, he addresses the elephant within the room), however that he has some ideas. As he put it: 

“I used to say I do not need to do sequels, after which I did ‘One other Easy Favor,’ however that felt like 5 years, and we had an thought for a narrative that felt good. I positively have an thought for a narrative for “Spy 2,” however I do not know. I simply do not know if that is the place to go proper now. I am having a lot enjoyable doing new issues. And I am so pleased with ‘Spy.’ However typically to go revisit one thing, you sort of go, ‘Oh, we should always have simply left adequate alone.”

I admittedly say this as a extremely huge fan of “Spy,” however I believe this film positively lends itself to a type of “James Bond”-style franchise (though Melissa McCarthy would ideally all the time be the star). Whereas that feels apparent as a result of “Spy” is sort of actually a parody of spy movies like “James Bond,” Paul Feig and his charming forged might virtually definitely prepare dinner up one thing enjoyable for “Spy 2.”

Why do I say that? “Spy” is a superb standalone film, but it surely additionally might simply arrange a sequel. Once we first meet Susan Cooper, she’s caught at a CIA desk supporting subject agent Bradley Fantastic (a spectacularly well-cast Jude Legislation), however when he is seemingly killed throughout a mission, Susan, who was not-so-secretly in love with Bradley, is devastated. After Bradley’s assumed killer, socialite and heiress Rayna Boyanov (a really astounding Rose Byrne on the planet’s largest wig), begins concentrating on different CIA subject brokers, Susan is unexpectedly despatched in to search out Rayna of their stead as a result of she’s an unknown entity. 

At first, Susan comes off a bit bumbling and incompetent (which is not helped by the more and more dowdy disguises her boss, Allison Janney’s Elaine Crocker, retains sending her), however because it seems, she’s an exceptionally good spy, even when she’s pressured to workforce up with CIA spy and outright buffoon Rick Ford (Jason Statham, clearly poking enjoyable at his personal motion films). On the finish of “Spy,” Susan saves the day, however why cannot she save extra days and go on extra missions? Actually, I would not complain in any respect — particularly if it meant we’d see Byrne’s Rayna and Susan’s finest pal and colleague Nancy B. Artingstall, who’s performed by the sensible Miranda Hart, once more.

Melissa McCarthy is, indisputedly, one of many funniest performers working at this time … however within the improper film with the improper director on the helm, she might be woefully misused. With all due respect, I truly assume that is significantly true of McCarthy’s collaborations along with her husband Ben Falcone; each time he directs her, she appears to revert again to bumbling, plus-size stereotypes like in “Tammy” and “Identification Thief.” When McCarthy works with Feig, although, she shines … as a result of Feig understands that the easiest way to deploy McCarthy is to let her play the neatest particular person within the room.

There is a genuinely humorous caveat right here, which is that in a lot of McCarthy’s work with Feig — and I am particularly pondering of “Bridesmaids,” “The Warmth,” and Spy,” shelving their “Ghostbusters” reboot for now — her characters are tough across the edges, to say the least, however they beautiful a lot all the time get the final giggle. In “Bridesmaids,” McCarthy’s Megan is brash, erratic, and straight-up bizarre (she hits on a man, performed by Falcone, by asking him to really feel the “steam warmth” coming from her “undercarriage”), but it surely’s finally revealed that she has a wildly necessary job, entry to the places of nuclear bombs, and owns a number of properties attributable to her huge wealth. In “The Warmth,” McCarthy’s Boston detective Shannon Mullins is equally loud, cussed, and fairly gross, however she’s an unbelievable detective and dependable to a fault (even to her abjectly horrible household). Then, in “Spy,” Susan appears ineffectual however finally ends up proving that her instincts as a spy are spot-on. Discover a development?

If Feig and McCarthy can mount a “Spy” sequel, I am all for it. As for “The Housemaid,” it arrives on December 19, 2025.