Greta Lee (Past Lives) is making her feature directorial debut with Searchlight Pictures.

She will write and direct an adaptation of Monika Kim’s bestselling horror novel The Eyes Are The Best Part.

Kim’s 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.”

Matt Jackson and Joanna Lee are producing through Jackson Pictures, Lulu Wang through Local Time and Dani Melia. Kim will EP.

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.