Bloody Disgusting learned today that Penchant Entertainment has announced that they have picked up all film and TV rights to the critically-acclaimed New York Times and Amazon bestselling book Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans by Father Malachi Martin with plans for film and series adaptation, each focusing on different elements from the source material.

Originally published in 1976, Hostage to the Devil has sold well over a million copies worldwide and now, in eBook format, this chilling nonfiction account of possession and exorcism in modern America has been embraced by a whole new generation of readers, even inspiring a 2016 feature-length documentary. The multiple projects based on the book will be produced by Erin Eggers, Chase Hudson and Matthew Porter for Penchant.