{"id":152352,"date":"2021-05-05T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=152352"},"modified":"2021-05-05T01:59:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T05:59:53","slug":"blair-underwood-to-direct-star-in-psychological-thriller-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/blair-underwood-to-direct-star-in-psychological-thriller-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Blair Underwood To Direct &amp; Star In Psychological Thriller &#8216;Viral&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2020\/12\/blair-underwood-returning-to-la-law-for-abc-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blair Underwood<\/a> will direct &amp; star in the upcoming independent feature <em>Viral<\/em>. The film is written by Joe McClean (<em>Life Tracker<\/em>), who also serves as producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Viral<\/em> \u00a0centers on Andrew (Underwood), who falls into paranoia after his wife goes missing. The only way out of the self-destructive cycle seems to be through his new girlfriend Emilia (<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/news\/sarah-silverman-blair-underwood-viral-movie-1234965871\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sarah Silverman<\/a>), but she has her own psychological trauma to deal with.\u00a0 The drama will explore if they are strong enough to get past their own nightmares &amp; mental illnesses to find true happiness together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cEvery once in a while, a script comes along that is a rare gem. The characters are undeniably rich, flawed and fascinating,\u201d says Underwood. \u201cThis page-turner kept me engaged from its first few lines. I\u2019m excited and humbled to bring this murder mystery mixed with a psychological thriller wrapped in a love story, to the screen.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Also producing the film is Daniel Cypress as well as John Kalafatis, Joanna Kalafatis (<em>The Outpost<\/em>) &amp; Andreas Ignatiou (<em>This is My Year<\/em>) of York Films.\u00a0Cypress previously worked with Robert DeNiro &amp; Jane Rosenthal\u2019s Tribeca Productions and Benny Medina\u2019s The Medina Company and worked on several notable awards campaigns. York Films is a production company which owns the largest production studio space in New York. Underwood will serve as producer as well. The film was originally supposed to shoot in 2020 but was postponed due to Covid.\u00a0 Production will begin in New York this summer.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing day to be a writer when Blair Underwood says he\u2019s been studying your script and he wants to sit down and delve into all the nuances that you only ever hoped someone would notice,\u201d adds McClean.&nbsp; \u201cThe characters in \u2018Viral\u2019 are all of us. I\u2019ve never met a person that doesn\u2019t understand the feeling of being stuck in one of life\u2019s vicious cycles. We\u2019re all desperately searching for a way to break through.\u201d<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Underwood\u2019s previous directing credits include the independent feature film <em>The Bridge to Nowhere<\/em>, the\u00a0360 degree virtual reality Megadeath concert video\u00a0(for which he won a Clio Award), the short film<em> The Second Coming<\/em>, as well as several music videos and commercials.\u00a0\u00a0He is currently nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his acclaimed performance in <em>A Soldier\u2019s Play<\/em>.\u00a0 Other recent acting credits include, <em>When They See Us<\/em>, <em>Self Made<\/em>, <em>Dear White People<\/em> and <em>Juanita<\/em>.\u00a0 He is also attached to star in &amp; executive produce a new incarnation of <em>LA Law<\/em> for ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blair Underwood will direct &amp; star in the upcoming independent feature Viral. The film is written by Joe McClean (Life Tracker), who also serves as producer. Viral \u00a0centers on Andrew (Underwood), who falls into paranoia after his wife goes missing. The only way out of the self-destructive cycle seems to be through his new girlfriend [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/blair-underwood-to-direct-star-in-psychological-thriller-viral\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":152354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,19,16,143],"tags":[2405,30117,4729,33556,1565,2722,15266],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-152352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-features","9":"category-news","10":"category-read","11":"tag-black-actors","12":"tag-black-film-tv","13":"tag-blair-underwood","14":"tag-daniel-cypress","15":"tag-psychological-thriller","16":"tag-sarah-silverman","17":"tag-viral"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blair Underwood To Direct &amp; Star In Psychological Thriller &#039;Viral&#039; -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blair Underwood will direct &amp; star in the upcoming independent feature Viral. 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