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

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

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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.

“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.”

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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.

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