Peacock has released to the public when exactly the highly anticipated horror series Teacup is finally going to drop. According to Deadline, the series, inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel by Robert McCammon titled Stinger, will drop on October 10. This news along with the official teaser trailer for the series was released at Comic-Con this past week.
Teacup follows the protagonist’s small band of people who, in the midst of an unknown and mysterious threat to their survival, join forces to face the horrors head-on. According to Deadline, the series will have eight episodes in the first season with each episode running for 30 minutes.
At a panel at Comic-Con, series actor and star Scott Speedman (Underworld) described the series as a “slow burn”, explaining that the series is not a quick classic hero’s journey, but something that the audiences will have to get used to. “When I read these scripts, I knew there was going to be a very character-based slow burn,” he said at the panel. “It takes a while to get going, but then when it does, it just becomes more meaningful and the horror elements kick in.”
Showrunner and Executive Producer Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone, Chicago Fire) released a statement about how he came to the idea of creating and unfolding the series based on the book, Stinger. In his statement, McCulloch explains that Stinger left a mark on him and that he couldn’t stop thinking about the premise even after he had finished it. This infatuation with the plot of the book led to the creation of the series, Teacup. McCulloch says, “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 McCulloch. “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.”
Teacup will premiere on Peacock on October 10. Watch the new teaser trailer below!