Deadline reports that Hulu’s “Into The Dark” has not only set the cast for its upcoming Independence Day-themed installment but has also persevered through COVID-19 to finish the July episode of the Blumhouse horror anthology.
The episode, which is written by speechwriter-turned-screenwriter Alston Ramsay and directed by Julius Ramsay, who has helmed episodes of “The Walking Dead” and “The Purge”, is titled The Current Occupant.
“Trapped in a mysterious psychiatric ward, the episode follows a man with no memory comes to believe that he’s the President of the United States and the subject of a diabolical political conspiracy. As the asylum’s soul-crushing forces bear down on him, he fights to preserve his sanity and escape so that he can return to power.”
Barry Watson (The Loudest Voice), Sonita Henry (“Krypton”), Marvin ‘Krondon’ Jones III (Black Lightning), Lilli Birdsell (“Doom Patrol”), Kate Cobb (“Scandal”), Ezra Buzzington (“Crossbones”) and Joshua Burge (The Revenant) star in the episode, which airs on July 17 on the streamer.
This episode had to brave the COVID-19 production shutdown, notes the site. Blumhouse managed to finish production and the post team has been working with director Ramsay to edit the film remotely.