Peacock on Thursday revealed the premiere date for Teacup , the upcoming horror series that’s inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon. A new teaser was also released for the series that drops October 10 on the streamer. Starring Scott Speedman and Yvonne Strahovski , Teacup follows a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat.
There are a total of 8, 30-minute episodes in the first season. “When I read these scripts, I knew there was going to be a very character-based slow burn,” Speedman told reporters before the series’ Comic-Con panel. “It takes a while to get going but then when it does, it just becomes more meaningful and the horror elements kick in.
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a no-holds-barred , gargantuan spectacle of a novel along the lines of The Stand, Independence Day and Mars Attacks ...
to be honest, I didn’t want to throw my hat in the ring. I’m not a spectacle writer. I’m a less-is-more writer,” said showrunner/EP Ian McCulloch ( Yellowstone , Chicago Fire ) in a statement.
“I gravitate more toward what are known as keyhole epics . Large stories told through small lenses. Think Signs, The Thing, A Quiet Place.
But here’s the thing. I read Stinger and it stayed with me. Wouldn’t leave me alone.
I just couldn’t stop thinking about its razor-sharp premise, how it unfolds over the course of a single harrowing day, and about the relatable and real family McCammon puts center stage. That’s when the flash bang-light bulb idea hit.” The cast also includes Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, and Luciano Leroux.
Atomic Monster’s James Wan ( The Conjuring Universe, Archive 81 ), Michael Clear ( Archive 81 , Swamp Thing ) and Rob Hackett ( Archive 81 , I Know What You Did Last Summer ) executive produce alongside McCulloch, director (101) / executive producer E.L. Katz ( The Haunting of Bly Manor , Channel Zero ), executive producer/author Robert McCammon, Francisca X.
Hu and Kevin Tancharoen. Danielle Bozzone oversees for Atomic Monster. The studio is UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Kathy Baker as Ellen Chenoweth. Daniel McFadden/PEACOCK Chaske Spencer as Ruben Shanley, Scott Speedman as James Chenoweth. Mark Hill/PEACOCK.
