Sadie Sink And Lorene Scafaria Eyeing Adaptation Of Emma Cline’s ‘The Guest’ At A24 And Square Peg — SkimNews
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- A24 and Square Peg entered exclusive negotiations for the film rights to Emma Cline's 2024 novel "The Guest," outbidding roughly 12 other buyers in a competitive auction.
- Sadie Sink is in talks to star in and produce the adaptation, having moved quickly to attach herself when rights hit the market over the summer, with Scafaria joining shortly after.
- Lorene Scafaria, best known for directing Lionsgate's "Hustlers" and multiple episodes of HBO's Emmy-winning "Succession," is in talks to write and direct the feature.
- "The Guest," published in 2024 by Penguin Random House, follows a calculating grifter navigating summer in the Hamptons and was longlisted for the Pen/Faulkner Award, with "best book of the year" nods from The New Yorker, Time, NPR, the Washington Post, Financial Times, Vogue, and others.
- Sadie Sink recently appeared as Jean Grey opposite Tom Holland in the record-breaking "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" and is set to reprise the role in Marvel's upcoming X-Men film, which begins production at the top of the year.
- Studios and stars had been pursuing the rights since the book hit shelves, with Sink identified as among its biggest fans.
- Sink is repped by WME and Peikoff Mahan, while Scafaria is repped by UTA and Sloane Offer Dern Weber.
Why it matters: The adaptation lands at A24 — a prestige-friendly studio with a strong literary track record — after roughly 12 other bidders were outmaneuvered by the Sink-Scafaria package. For Sink, the project arrives as her first major post-"Stranger Things" commitment outside the Marvel orbit, while for Scafaria it returns her to feature directing after years on HBO's "Succession."
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