We ’re two weeks away from October , and you know what that mean : repugnance time . WhileAlien : RomulusandBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceare cleaning up in theaters , there ’s some chilling stuff come to television set , and Peacock ’s hoping you ’ll strain in for its raw show , Teacup .
produce by Ian McCulloch ( Yellowstone ) and executive director bring forth byConjuringhead James Wan , the series asterisk Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman as a married twosome living on an isolated cattle ranch in rural Georgia . But thing are starting to get a piffling uncanny : the animals are spook , their vernal son goes missing , and after his income tax return , a deep man in a petrol mask imbibe a business to cordon off the ranch . And according to the tyke , somethingis coming that the ranchers involve to fight themselves against . Even worse , if they cross that threshold the mask man makes … well , it seems like bad thing are gon na happen .
Teacupis inspired by Robert McCammon ’s 1988 novelStinger , which McCulloch called a “ no - holds - barred , elephantine spectacle of a novel . ” AtComic - Conthis past July , he explained how Wan ’s output troupe Atomic Monster approached him about adaptingStingerfor tv set , and despite being more geared toward “ large stories told through small lens ” ( thinkSignsandA Quiet Place ) , the playscript “ would n’t pass on me alone . I just could n’t barricade think about its razor - sharp premise , how it unfolds over the form of a single harrowing day . [ … ] That ’s when the twinkling - blast wakeful - medulla idea stumble . ”
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Also starring Chaske Spencer , Kathy Baker , and Boris McGiver , Peacock will premiereTeacup’sfirst two episodes on October 10 , followed by two episodes per week until it wraps on Halloween .
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