Lionsgate, Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen are developing the horror film “Mother Land,” based on the spec script by Kevin Coughlin and Ryan Grassby.

Lionsgate bought the project in a competitive situation. Levy and Cohen will produce through their 21 Laps banner. The duo are executive producers on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Levy directed and produced the “Night at the Museum” franchise and was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar for “Arrival.”

“Mother Land” is centered on a family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. Their safety and their surroundings come into question when one of the children questions if the evil is real. Coughlin and Grassby wrote the 2016 feature “Mean Dreams,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and starred Bill Paxton

Lionsgate’s Aaron Janus and Chelsea Kujawa, and 21 Laps Emily Morris will oversee the project. 21 Laps landed the highly Reddit article “My Wife & I...