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Paul Feig tells THR on the Oscars 2026 red carpet that he is wearing his 'Bridesmaids' pink in honor of the 'Bridesmaids' reunion happening at the awards show. Plus, he talks about the box office response for 'The Housemaid' and teases the latest updates happening with the film's sequel.

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00:00What can you tell us about this Bridesmaids reunion tonight?
00:03Nothing, because I don't know.
00:05I know, I keep going, like, what's going to happen?
00:07And like, oh, you'll find out.
00:09Okay, so I'll be in the audience cheering them on.
00:12I'm representing, I'm wearing my Bridesmaids pink, so here we are.
00:16Yeah, but it'd just be nice to see them together again.
00:18And have Rose Byrne hopefully win an Oscar.
00:22We love Rose.
00:24How does it feel to be here at the Oscars tonight?
00:26It's exciting.
00:27I love this, I've been here several times, but it never gets old.
00:30I mean, you know, I'm from Michigan, small town in Michigan, used to watch the Oscars growing up.
00:35If you would have told me back then, like, I'd be hanging at the Oscars, it's crazy.
00:38So I'd never get jaded about it.
00:40You know, it's easy in our business to be like, oh, I've got to do this and that.
00:43I was like, no, this is, this is the best.
00:46I love that.
00:47And for you, what was the box office response to The Housemaid like for you?
00:51It was amazing.
00:52I mean, we're just about to hit $400 million worldwide with it, which is thrilling.
00:58You know, you make a movie.
01:00This is my first, my last three were for streaming, and I've always done theatrical before that.
01:05But getting away from streaming, even though I really appreciate it, I make my movies for audiences.
01:11And to have a group experience.
01:13And so to get this in the theaters, and then have all these people showing up and having fun,
01:16and filming themselves, watching the movie, having fun, that's how we're going to bring movie theaters back.
01:22Give people a good time in the theater.
01:24And what can you tell us about The Housemaid 2?
01:27Well, we're going to start shooting in the fall.
01:29Script is all finished, just doing a little bit of rewrites on it.
01:32But ready to go, and Sidney's coming back, and McKellen Maroney's coming back.
01:37And then some new, very exciting actors are coming in.
01:40Well, we're excited to see it.
01:42And you said, of course, you're rooting for Rose Byrne.
01:45But what other film or performance are you rooting for here tonight?
01:49I love Sinners.
01:51Really love Sinners.
01:52I think that was my favorite movie of the year.
01:54And Amy Madigan for supporting actor.
01:57Aunt Gladys.
01:59Chef's kiss.
01:59Chef's kiss.
02:00And I'm asking everyone tonight, what's on your Oscars bucket list?
02:04What do you need to do before you go home tonight?
02:06Oh, before I go home, steal somebody's Oscar.
02:09No, I think just really say hi to as many people as I know,
02:14and then to get to meet some people who I don't know who I'm a big fan of.
02:18So we'll see.
02:20We'll see.
02:27You
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