The classic tale of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is coming back to the screen with a new movie from 20th Century Studios, with Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey) starring in the remake of the early 1990s thriller.
Michelle Garza Cervera, who came onto the scene in 2023 with the incredible horror movie Huesera: The Bone Woman, directed the new movie for 20th Century Studios, and People has shared the first images this afternoon. Check them out down below.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) premieres October 22 on Hulu.
“The studio gave me all the chances to recreate the whole thing and build a new story, new characters, with its own heart. I think that was the best way to honor the original, not try to redo it,” Garza Cervera told the outlet. “We build a whole different kind of thriller. It’s actually more of a slow burn.”
People details, “Maika Monroe is the seemingly sweet Polly, hired by suburban couple Claire & Michael Bartel (Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Raúl Castillo) to care for their baby. But Polly’s true motives have little to do with singing lullabies — much to the horror of the Bartels.”
Micah Bloomberg wrote the screenplay for the upcoming remake.
