‘Teacup’: Peacock Reveals Premiere Date, Shares New Teaser Of Horror Drama At Comic-Con

Lynette Rice
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Peacock on Thursday revealed the premiere date for Teacup, its horror series inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon.

A new teaser also was released for the series that drops October 10 on the streamer (watch it above). 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. The first season comprises eight 30-minute episodes.

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“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 awhile to get going, but then when it does, it just becomes more meaningful and the horror elements kick in.”

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“When Atomic Monster first approached me about creating a series adaptation of Robert McCammon’s Stinger — 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 (Peacock)
Kathy Baker as Ellen Chenoweth (Peacock)
Chaske Spencer as Ruben Shanley and Scott Speedman as James Chenoweth (Peacock)
Chaske Spencer as Ruben Shanley and Scott Speedman as James Chenoweth (Peacock)

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