Supermassive Games’ interactive horror titles have largely been set in the present day, but its next big release, Directive 8020, takes place in an entirely new time period. Like many of its recent works, Directive 8020 is a part of The Dark Pictures Anthology series, which currently includes four mainline installments and one VR-exclusive spin-off. The game will serve as the first installment of the franchise’s second season, and it’s going to take place entirely in a colony spaceship called the Cassiopeia, which, after crash-landing on a distant planet in the far future, gets infected by a dangerous, shape-shifting alien organism.
Directive 8020 will feature a cast of five playable characters, all of which can be permanently killed off depending on the decisions that players make. The main protagonist of the game is Brianna Young, who serves as the Cassiopeia‘s pilot. Young is the female character that’s present on Directive 8020‘s cover art, and she’s portrayed by British actress Lashana Lynch. Although Lynch doesn’t exactly have a household name, some fans may recognize her since she’s been cast in several high-profile films and TV shows over the last few years.
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Directive 8020 Star Lashana Lynch Has a Storied Past in the Film Industry
Lashana Lynch Got Her Start in the Acting Business With Minor Roles in British Movies & Shows
Lashana Lynch started off her acting career in 2007, by portraying a minor character in a long-running British procedural drama known as The Bill. She didn’t get into the film industry, however, until several years later. In 2012, Lynch portrayed a supporting character in a little-known British sports drama called Fast Girls. Later on, she received minor roles in several other films, including the 2013 comedy movie Power Room, the 2016 crime film Brotherhood, and the BBC-produced 2014 romantic drama The 7.39, among many others.
Lynch Has Portrayed Characters in Major Films like Captain Marvel and No Time to Die
Up to this point, Lashana Lynch had exclusively starred in domestic movies and TV shows, most of which were not well-known internationally. However, she was eventually cast in a non-British production in 2019, and it wasn’t for a small independent movie. Lynch received her breakout role in the Brie Larson-led film Captain Marvel, where she portrayed the former U.S. Air Force pilot and S.W.O.R.D. founder Maria Rambeau. She would later reprise the role of Rambeau in two other Marvel films, 2022’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and 2023’s The Marvels.
In addition to Marvel movies, Lashana Lynch has starred in a handful of other notable movies and TV shows. She played the 00 agent Nomi in the 2021 James Bond film No Time to Die, and was also cast in one of the lead roles in the controversial action film The Woman King. Lynch has even portrayed characters in the Netflix-produced film Matilda: The Musical, the 2024 biographical drama Bob Marley: One Love, and, most recently, the Peacock-exclusive spy thriller The Day of the Jackal.
Directive 8020 is the First Video Game that Lashana Lynch Has Ever Been Cast In
Directive 8020 will mark Lashana Lynch’s first foray into the video game industry as a whole. Although it’s not too common for film actors to nab major roles in video games, most of The Dark Pictures Anthology installments have so far featured at least a few Hollywood talents, so this is not too surprising. What is surprising, though, is the fact that Lashana Lynch isn’t the only actor in Directive 8020 that’s making their debut in the realm of gaming. Like Lynch, the fellow British actor Danny Sapani is also going to make his first-ever appearance in a video game with this title. Although very little is known about the characters that Lynch and Sapani will portray in Directive 8020, it’s nice to see that Supermassive Games is not cutting corners in the acting department for its upcoming game.
Survival Horror
Psychological
Horror
Adventure
- Released
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October 2, 2025
- ESRB
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Rating Pending