Lorene Scafaria in talks to direct and write The Guest adaptation

Lorene Scafaria is in talks to direct Emma Cline's The Guest for A24 and Square Peg, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She is also in talks to write the screenplay, shaping the novel into a shooting script, according to Deadline. The 2023 novel centres on a calculating grifter navigating summer in the Hamptons, according to The Hollywood Reporter.