The Past Lives and Russian Doll actress is making her feature directorial debut at Searchlight with her adaptation of Monika Kim’s bestselling novel The Eyes Are The Best Part. Greta Lee will pen the script, with Matt Jackson and Joanna Lee producing through Jackson Pictures, Lulu Wang through Local Time and Dani Melia. The author Kim will EP.
Kim’s horror novel follows Ji-won whose life is in disarray. Her father”s affair has ripped the family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together. Then her mother’s new white boyfriend enters the scene, bragging about his knowledge of Korean culture. As he swaggers around their claustrophobic apartment ogling her teenage sister, Ji-won’s grip on reality begins to slip. She finds herself growing obsessed with his brilliant blue eyeballs, resolving to do the one thing that will save her family – and curb her cravings.
SVP of Production Taylor Friedman and Creative Executive Daniel Yu will be overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to Co-Heads of Production and Development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.
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