With Happy Death Day 2U heading to cinemas this coming February, now comes word on another new project for writer/director Christopher Landon.

Landon has become a favourite of many a genre fan, with his directing credits including Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and the two Happy Death Day pictures, and his writing credits including Disturbia and four of the Paranormal Activity movies. And now, The Hollywood Reporter brings news that Landon is to adapt My Best Friend’s Exorcism.

My Best Friend’s Exorcism is the second novel from Grady Hendrix. Released in 2016, the tale is set in the late ‘80s and centres on high school friendship and sinister demonic possession. To be precise, the official blurb on the book reads:

The story is set in 1988 and follows the relationship of two best friends, Abby and Gretchen. After an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act more and more different, as Abby slowly comes to believe her friend has become demonically possessed. Both girls must soon face a tough question: is their friendship strong enough to beat the Devil?

Landon is currently on board to produce the adap alongside Gotham Group’s Ellen Godsmith-Vein and Quirk Books, although there’s a chance they he may well end up on directing duties too. Jenna Lamia is involved to pen the film’s screenplay.

Expect more on My Best Friend’s Exorcism as it continues to develop.