"[Midnight in the Switchgrass] is sort of a serial killer movie in the vein of Silence of the Lambs or No Country for Old Men," Hirsch says. "There are sort of vibes of those types of films, and I play a southern sheriff who's on the case of a serial killer. And Megan Fox and Bruce play FBI agents. It's just a really well-done script, and I'm really excited about it. I think it could be really cool role, and a cool movie."
Midnight in the Switchgrass was filmed in 2020, and production — as with so many other films and TV shows — had to temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film marks the directorial debut of The Irishman producer Randall Emmett (via Deadline), and is aiming to release in 2021. The plot, according to Cinema Blend, concerns the real-life story of a Texas serial killer labeled the Truck Stop Killer, who abducts the FBI agent played by Megan Fox. The "southern sheriff" who Hirsch portrays is Texas Ranger Byron Crawford.
So, beyond Midnight in the Switchgrass, what's next? He's currently lending his voice to yet another installment of the Tales of Arcadia saga — an original Netflix series from Dreamworks and Guillermo Del Toro, that includes Trollhunters, 3Below, and Wizards. He's also been dabbling with music, influenced by the genre known as synthwave. If you loved the Drive soundtrack, he thinks you'll dig his music, too. "We made all these songs in the past year-and-a-half, through the pandemic, and we have a profile on Spotify or iTunes. We just do it because we love making songs," he told Looper.
Son is now playing in theaters, and available on demand.
