(Peacock)
Teacup is coming quickly to Peacock, and the streaming service has launched a preview for the horror-thriller collection from Ian McCulloch primarily based on the novel by Robert McCammon.
Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, and Luciano Leroux will star within the eight-episode collection which follows “a disparate group of individuals in rural Georgia who should come collectively within the face of a mysterious menace as a way to survive.”
Ian McCulloch shared the next assertion in regards to the upcoming collection:
“When Atomic Monster first approached me about making a collection adaptation of Robert McCammon’s Stinger – a no-holds-barred, gargantuan spectacle of a novel alongside the strains of The Stand, Independence Day and Mars Assaults – to be sincere, I didn’t wish to throw my hat within the ring. I’m not a spectacle author. I’m a less-is-more author. I gravitate extra towards what are often known as keyhole epics. Massive tales advised via small lenses. Suppose Indicators, The Factor, A Quiet Place.
However right here’s the factor. I learn Stinger and it stayed with me. Wouldn’t go away me alone. I simply couldn’t cease fascinated with its razor-sharp premise, the way it unfolds over the course of a single harrowing day, and in regards to the relatable and actual household McCammon places heart stage. That’s when the flash bang-light bulb thought hit…
What if I tailored Stinger in a approach that honors the e book and stays true to the sorts of tales I like to inform? Hold the self-esteem. Hold Stinger’s best components. Take away the massive ensemble. Take away the enormous set items. Even take away the e book’s crowded city setting. The difference could be like an acoustic guitar model of, say, a Radiohead music. It received’t have the manufacturing worth, digital devices, loops, or synthesized bells and whistles however it can nonetheless have the melody, the construction, the lyrics, the true magic on the core, all of the stuff that makes an amazing music an amazing music.
All of which is to say I may abruptly see precisely what to do and the best way to do it. Two weeks later, Atomic Monster had the script for the primary episode. Quickly after that, Peacock purchased it. Not so lengthy after that, each my inventive and profession goals really began coming true as extra scripts have been written, hires made, actors solid, units constructed, and manufacturing started…
After all, throughout manufacturing the collection modified and developed. Simply because it ought to. Even the title’s completely different. Stinger is now Teacup. The explanations for this are too spoilery to share however watch the primary few episodes and all will probably be revealed. Level being, the collection is now very a lot its personal factor: a puzzle-box thriller, an edge-of-your-seat thriller, a can’t-but-must look horror story, a household drama, a science fiction epic – of the keyhole selection, in fact. However as singular, unusual, and stunning as I hope Teacup is, all you’ll want to do is peel away the layers, characters, conditions, and mythology and look behind the thrills, chills, hairpin turns and make-you gasp reveals. Do all that and also you’ll see, at its coronary heart, Teacup continues to be very a lot standing on the shoulders of Stinger. Simply because it ought to.”
Government producer James Wan additionally shared his ideas on the Peacock collection. He mentioned the next:
“After studying Robert McCammon’s e book Stinger, all the staff at Atomic Monster felt a spark. The story had all of the elements for a charming collection and Ian McCulloch had a imaginative and prescient to deliver it to life in a contemporary approach that was each startling and darkly atmospheric, however stuffed with a wealthy sense of humanity – usually missing in edgy narratives. Add in our extremely gifted solid led by Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman and Chaske Spencer and followers are in for a real edge-of-your-seat expertise.
Teacup defies straightforward labels. It’s a genre-bending mix of horror, thriller, and drama, with layers that unfold like a charming puzzle. It goes past chills and thrills and holds up a mirror to humanity, exploring the darkness that resides inside us all. We hope you get pleasure from this wild journey as a lot as we’ve cherished creating it!”
Teacup arrives on October 10. The preview for the collection is under.
What do you assume? Do you propose to look at this horror collection this Halloween season?
