Screen Gems has acquired film rights to Clay McLeod Chapman’s 2022 horror novel “Ghost Eaters” and placed the project in early development. The studio will collaborate with director‐producer Scott Derrickson and filmmaker Maggie Levin, who will write and direct the adaptation. The novel follows friends who experiment with a pill that lets users see the dead, only to face lethal side effects. The book was named among the best horror titles of 2022 by outlets including Vulture, Paste and Book Riot, adding market visibility to the planned film. Derrickson, whose credits include “The Black Phone” and “Sinister,” will produce alongside his Crooked Highway partners C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng. Levin most recently worked with Derrickson on Apple TV+ thriller “The Gorge” and on second-unit duties for “The Black Phone 2,” slated for release in October 2025.