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Greta Lee to Direct, Write Searchlight’s Adaptation of ‘The Eyes Are the Best Part’

Searchlight has tapped producers Matt Jackson, Joanne Lee, Lulu Wang, Dani Melia; executives Taylor Friedman, Daniel Yu oversee the project’s early development

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Greta Lee as Stella Bak in The Morning Show Season 3

Overview

  • Monika Kim’s debut novel earned praise from The New York Times and won the 2025 Bram Stoker Award for a first novel.
  • Lee will both write the screenplay and direct her first feature adaptation at Searchlight.
  • Monika Kim will executive produce the film, collaborating with the creative team on the adaptation.
  • The horror narrative follows a Korean-American college freshman whose fixation on consuming human eyes probes misogyny and Asian fetishization.
  • Casting remains unannounced as the project enters early development under Searchlight’s oversight.