Overview
- AMC+ and Shudder released the first trailer Wednesday and set a May 7 streaming debut with weekly episodes and a later airing on AMC.
- The season runs six episodes as a limited series.
- Dan Stevens stars as Pepper, a working-class man wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, where he faces hostile patients, secretive doctors, and a possible supernatural threat.
- The adaptation is led by co-showrunners Victor LaValle and Chris Cantwell, with Karyn Kusama directing the first two episodes, Ridley Scott executive producing, and Dan Stevens also serving as an executive producer.
- The ensemble includes Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Aasif Mandvi, Stephen Root, John Benjamin Hickey, Marin Ireland, Chinaza Uche, Hampton Fluker, Hayward Leach, and Philip Ettinger.