A few days before his "The Ring Two" opens, Hideo Nakata has signed on to helm "The Eye" for Paramount Pictures. C/W Prods. is producing. "Eye" centers on a blind woman who receives a cornea transplant. However, she gets more than she bargains for when she begins seeing ghosts and premonitions. "Eye" is an adaptation of the hit Hong Kong horror franchise; a third one is in the works. Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison are executive producing as is the original movie's Peter Chan. "Ring Two" is UTA-repped Nakata's first English-language film. He directed the first two Japanese "Ringu" movies as well as the Japanese version of "Dark Water." He is attached to direct "Out" at New Line.