Class, Desire And Control Move Into One Central Park Apartment
Oh yes! The heavens—and perhaps a little burning hell—have heard our desires. Noah Jupe is confirmed to star in The Servant, a provocative psychological thriller written and directed by Francis Lee.
Jupe joins a seriously loaded ensemble featuring Colman Domingo, Nicholas Hoult and Emma Corrin. The project reimagines Joseph Losey’s transgressive 1963 classic through a contemporary lens while relocating its dangerous master-servant power game from London to 1950s New York.
Hoult plays Tony, an entitled British man who moves into a beautiful apartment overlooking Central Park and hires Barrett, played by Domingo, as his manservant. What begins as domestic order soon becomes a wicked struggle over control, dependency and who truly holds power inside the home.
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Lee called the film an “exciting, dangerous and fun” retelling whose themes feel more timely than ever. That description makes perfect sense coming from the filmmaker behind God’s Own Country and Ammonite, two films deeply interested in desire, repression and the ways people use intimacy as both refuge and weapon.
The original Servant was directed by Joseph Losey, written by Harold Pinter and adapted from Robin Maugham’s 1948 novella. Its story of a privileged employer gradually surrendering control to the man he hires carried sharp undercurrents of class, sexuality and political unease.
Moving that material to mid-century Manhattan immediately changes the temperature. Domingo’s casting as Barrett adds race to a structure already built around service, status and forbidden attraction, while Central Park wealth gives Tony’s privilege a distinctly American address.
That combination is exactly why this feels less like a polite remake and more like a queer-charged pressure cooker. Every gesture inside the apartment can carry multiple meanings: command, seduction, humiliation, protection or threat. Nobody simply serves, and nobody remains comfortably in charge.
Jupe and Corrin’s roles have not yet been officially revealed, which only adds to the intrigue. In the original story, Tony’s fiancée and Barrett’s supposed sister become essential pieces in the shifting household dynamic, but Lee has described his version as a reimagining rather than a scene-for-scene reconstruction.
Production is backed by Blueprint Pictures in association with Film4, with mk2 Films handling international sales. Filming is expected to begin in January 2027, so this one remains in the deliciously early stage where the casting alone is enough to start dangerous little theories.
The Servant Cast Brings Beauty, Danger And Serious Power Games
Noah Jupe as seen at the Celine fashion show, Paris.
Noah Jupe, Colman Domingo, Nicholas Hoult and Emma Corrin are set to star in Francis Lee’s The Servant.
With Lee writing and directing, Domingo and Hoult circling one another inside a Central Park apartment, and Jupe and Corrin waiting somewhere inside the power structure, The Servant is already serving psychological warfare before a single frame has rolled.
No release date has been announced.
Source: mk2 Films; Deadline; The Playlist.
