Lorene Scafaria is in negotiations to direct the film, backed by A24 and Square Peg Newly-minted MCU star and “Stranger Things” alum Sadie Sink is in talks to star in and produce “The Guest,” a feature adaptation of Emma Cline’s bestselling 2024 novel. A24 and Square Peg are in negotiations to adapt Cline’s novel, which follows as a “calculating grifter navigates the treacherous world of Summer in the Hamptons,” with writer-director Lorene Scafaria (“Hustlers,” “Succession”) in talks to helm the project. Published in 2024 by Penguin Random House, “The Guest” was longlisted for the Pen/Faulkner award, as well as named a Belletrist Book Club pick and best book of the year by more than a dozen publications, including The New Yorker, Time, NPR and The Washington Post.
Sink is represented by WME, Peikoff Mahan and imPRint; and Scafaria is repped by UTA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern Deadline first reported news of A24’s acquisition.
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