Horror lovers, get ready, as your first glimpse at the eerie new series Teacup awaits.
During the upcoming Peacock and Atomic Monster horror show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 25, executive producers James Wan and Ian McCulloch joined stars Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman and Chaske Spencer onstage for a discussion teasing the series.
A special sneak peek for the show, premiering this October, was also unveiled during the panel. In the teaser, a plethora of disturbing noises emerged as a teacup with red imagery fiercely spun around, with a deer slowly decaying with each pause between spins. Toward the teaser’s end, the show’s Oct. 10 premiere date appeared.
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Inspired by Robert McCammon’s novel Stinger, Teacup follows a group of rural Georgia civilians as they join forces to face — and survive — a new mysterious threat. Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre and Luciano Leroux round out the cast.
Opening up about the making of the forthcoming project, executive producer McCulloch noted that “the series changed and evolved” during production, even taking on a different title than its source material.
“The reasons for this are too spoilery to share but watch the first few episodes and all will be revealed,” McCulloch, a consulting producer on Chicago Fire and Yellowstone, said in a statement. “Point being, the series is now very much its own thing: a puzzle-box mystery, an edge-of-your-seat thriller, a can’t-but-must look horror story, a family drama, a science fiction epic—of the keyhole variety, of course.”
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“But as singular, strange, and surprising as I hope Teacup is, all you need to do is peel away the layers, characters, situations, and mythology and look behind the thrills, chills, hairpin turns and make-you gasp reveals,” he continued. “Do all that and you’ll see, at its heart, Teacup is still very much standing on the shoulders of Stinger. Just as it should.”
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Teasing the series further, fellow executive producer Wan — Saw director and creator of The Conjuring Universe — explained how “Teacup defies easy labels.”
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“It’s a genre-bending blend of horror, mystery, and drama, with layers that unfold like a captivating puzzle,” he added. “It goes beyond chills and thrills and holds up a mirror to humanity, exploring the darkness that resides within us all. We hope you enjoy this wild ride as much as we’ve loved creating it!”
The first two episodes of Teacup premiere Thursday, Oct. 10 on Peacock, with two episodes arriving weekly through Halloween.
