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With James Wan as the producer and approval from Stephen King, Teacup couldn’t have gotten a much bigger hype in the horror genre. Peacock’s sci-fi horror series is loosely based on Robert McCammon’s novel Stinger. Sadly, the series got the axe from Peacock after its critically acclaimed first season.

The series also boasted a talented star cast, featuring Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Kathy Baker, Rob Morgan, and Boris McGiver. A group of people in an isolated ranch in rural Georgia are stuck together as they face a threat that they can’t see.

Rob Morgan as McNab in Teacup | Credits: Peacock

Created by Ian McCulloch, the series began streaming on the NBCUniversal-backed platform in October 2024. While it wasn’t as popular as other shows of the year, it received love from fans who got around to seeing it in the first place. The series ended its first season on a cliffhanger.

In the entertainment industry, several projects are tossed before they can make it to the development stage. Out of those that do end up being made, only a fraction of them end up surviving and getting more than a few seasons. However, the majority of these are canceled before they can take flight, ending the saga with just a single season, and leaving fans on a cliffhanger for the rest of their lives. This is what happened with Peacock’s latest TV series, Teacup.

Teacup | Credit: Peacock

A horror-thriller television show with a fresh premise, Teacup was a promising show that ended up being cut in this cut-throat world of streaming where stakes and losses are higher than in the world of television. Yet, the decision comes as a particularly bitter pill to swallow for viewers who found themselves enthralled by the show’s eerie settings, layered characters portrayed by a brilliantly talented cast,...

Peacock wasn’t convinced enough to continue with another season of its horror series Teacup. Almost three months after the finale dropped, the streamer announced the cancellation after the show's first season, per TVLine. So, there won't be a season 2.

Why was cancelling Teacup the right decision?

Peacock did not officially release the show’s viewership details. But one thing is for sure, Teacup did not get the significant audience numbers that it should have. It did not even make it into the Nielsen Top 10 streaming charts. And so, because it wasn't able to make an impact on the streaming charts, Teacup easily made it to cancellation after one season.

The series gained a 77 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and a rating of 6.4 on IMDb. Some Rt critics even gave strong flatteries for the show, saying it pulled them in with its first two episodes. However even though the show's first-episode was a banger,...

Peacock has chosen not to continue its horror-thriller series Teacup for a second season, ending the adaptation of Robert McCammon’s book Stinger. The series started in October 2024 and had a famous cast, including Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman.

Set in rural Georgia, Teacup is about strangers coming together because of an unknown danger. The show got a 70% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes and mostly good reviews, but it didn’t do well on Nielsen’s streaming charts. Peacock usually keeps its viewing numbers secret and does not share specific details.

The series had a talented artistic team. Ian McCulloch was the writer and executive director, and E.L. Katz, who directed The Haunting of Bly Manor and Channel Zero, directed the first two episodes. Kevin Tancharoen directed the final episode. Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett served as executive producers. The show was produced by James Wan’s Atomic Monster production company.

Sad news for fans of Teacup.

On Friday (January 17), it was announced that Peacock has canceled the horror thriller series starring Scott Speedman and Yvonne Strahovski after one season, according to Deadline.

The series was inspired by the Robert McCammon bestselling novel Stinger, and followed a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive.

Keep reading to find out more…The cast also included Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, and Luciano Leroux.

While the story was essentially wrapped up in the end of the season 1 finale, which aired back in October 2024, showrunner Ian McCulloch shared in an interview that he had some more ideas explore if the show was to be renewed.

Teacup marks the first show Peacock has canceled in 2025. You can see all of the shows the renewed and canceled in 2024 here.

There will be no season 2 for horror thriller series Teacup. Peacock has canceled the series after one season, Deadline has learned.

Starring Scott Speedman and Yvonne Strahovski, inspired by Robert McCammon’s bestselling novel Stinger, Teacup followed a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat.

Cast also included Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre and Luciano Leroux.

Series was written and executive produced by Ian McCulloch. E. L. Katz served as director and executive producer. James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produced for Atomic Monster, with Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen. Stinger author McCammon also executive produced.

UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group,...

Yet another well-received 2024 show has found itself on the chopping block, and this time it's one that was well-received by Stephen King. The past few years have seen the acclaimed horror author turn his creative endeavors to also sharing his reviews on a variety of films and TV shows, with everything from Apple TV+'s Constellation to The Midwitch Cuckoos getting his approval. The horror genre, in particular, has seen plenty of reviews from King, including Blumhouse's Night Swim and Strange Darling.

Though his voice has helped certain shows find success, many 2024 TV releases have still found themselves cancelled after just one season. Many of them also, unfortunately, left audiences on cliffhanger endings, including the Child's Play sequel show Chucky, the Apple TV+ sci-fi show Sunny and the Star Wars spinoff The Acolyte, while others that left off on mostly closed notes still came to a close, including American Born Chinese.

Despite being praised by critics as one of the best horror series of 2024, Peacock has canceled “Teacup” after one season, Variety reports this afternoon.

The series debuted in October 2024 and was executive produced by James Wan and inspired by Robert McCammon’s Stinger.

It followed a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. As the showrunner previously revealed, it was only loosely based on the novel that inspired it, instead opting for a more cerebral, paranoid take on the material.

Scott Speedman (The Strangers), Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Chaske Spencer (“Jessica Jones”, The Twilight Saga), Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux star in “Teacup.”

As I wrote in my review, “The inaugural season is self-contained, trapping its characters in a claustrophobic bubble of oncoming terror and interpersonal drama. It...

James Wan’s horror thriller “Teacup” has been canceled by Peacock after one season.

The series, which comes from Wan’s Atomic Monster and showrunner Ian McCulloch and is inspired by Robert McCammon’s New York Times best-selling novel Stinger, received a straight to series order back in 2022.

Peacock did not release viewership information for the series, though “Teacup” did not appear in Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming charts during its run.

“Teacup,” which follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive, stars Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Scott Speedman (“Grey’s Anatomy”), and Chaske Spencer (“The English”), with a supporting cast that includes Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux.

In addition to Wan and McCammon, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produced for Atomic Monster. Other EPs on the series include Francisca X. Hu,...

The Chenoweths’ extraterrestrial war has come to an early end: Peacock has cancelled its horror series Teacup after just one season, TVLine has confirmed.

In Season 1, Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Scott Speedman (Grey’s Anatomy) starred as Maggie and James Chenoweth, two members of “a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive,” according to the official description.

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Peacock’s supernatural drama series Teacup unfolds on a rural Georgia ranch, where family tensions and dark secrets are intensified by a mysterious threat. Adapted from Robert R. McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger, the show follows Maggie and James Chenoweth as they confront an otherworldly force that tests their fractured family and the bonds of their community. Here’s a guide to the cast and characters of Teacup.

Teacup Main Cast & Characters Yvonne Strahovski as Maggie Chenoweth

Maggie is the tough and resilient owner of the Chenoweth ranch, struggling to cope with her husband’s infidelity while facing a supernatural danger. A natural leader, she emerges as the focal point for the ranch’s resistance against the otherworldly being called “Assassin.”

Strahovski’s Notable Roles: Chuck (2007-2012), The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-), The Predator (2018) Scott Speedman as James Chenoweth

James, Maggie’s remorseful husband, is forced to face his mistakes after admitting to an affair.

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming Peacock, with the final two episodes of season one recently premiering on Halloween.

Daily Dead had the pleasure of talking with actors Rob Morgan and Jackson Kelly about the respective journeys of their characters McNab and Travis, who cross paths in the pivotal fifth episode directed by John Hyams (who also worked with Jackson on season three of Chucky).

You can watch our full interview with Rob and Jackson below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup!

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon.

Premiere Date: October...

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the two-part finale of Teacup, “This is Nowhere” Parts 1 and 2.] As violent and chaotic as Teacup already was throughout its first three weeks’ episodes, it was still a shock to the system to see what became of the Chenoweths and their neighbors in the two-part finale that arrived on Peacock this week. Assassin made its way through the crew rapidly in the last stretch of the series, jumping from Valeria (Diany Rodriguez) to Nicholas (Luciano Leroux) and then on to Meryl (Emilie Bierre), the closest person to Arlo (Caleb Dolden) — who was, of course, inhabited by Assassin’s ultimate target, Harbinger. By the time it made its way into their daughter’s mind, Maggie (Yvonne Strahovski) and James (Scott Speedman) had already resigned themselves to having to drown whoever Assassin was hiding within — with the hopes of reviving them afterward, free and clear of any space visitors within. So when Maggie came face ...

Note: This story contains spoilers from the “Teacup” Season 1 finale.

Yvonne Strahovski’s character Maggie and her husband James (Scott Speedman) have to make some truly heart-wrenching decisions that impact their entire family in the Season 1 finale of the Peacock sci-fi series “Teacup.”

TheWrap spoke with the actress about the “horrific” day that unfolds as Maggie tries to determine which one of the trapped humans are possessed by the hostile alien Assassin so she can protect her son Arlo (Caleb Dolden), who is Assassin’s target since he is also host to the benign alien Harbinger.

Assassin jumps through several hosts in the final episode, ending up in Maggie’s daughter Meryl (Émilie Bierre). Maggie and James already know that the only way to defeat Assassin is to drown the host and then try to revive them. Both don gas masks so Assassin can’t jump into their bodies and...

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Teacup is a sci-fi mystery horror thriller drama series created by Ian McCulloch. Based on the 1988 book Stinger by author Robert R. McCammon, the Peacock series is set on an isolated ranch in rural Georgia and it follows the Chenoweth family and their neighbors who are trapped in an invisible barrier while they fight against a mysterious threat that wants to kill them. Teacup stars Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Diany Rodriguez, Caleb Dolden, Émilie Bierre, Bill Heck, and Rob Morgan. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery, sci-fi horror elements, and compelling characters in Teacup here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Oh, a real tempest is stirring in Teacup as Peacock‘s acclaimed sci-fi/horror drama races towards its first season finale. And TV Insider has an exclusive peek at what to expect in this week’s two-episode ender. Based (very loosely) on author Robert R. McCammon’s book Stinger, the series has spent the past six episodes establishing that invisible alien visitors have invaded the bodies of local neighbors in a rural Georgia community. One is known as “Harbinger” and resides inside the mind of young Arlo Chenoweth (Caleb Dolden). The other “Assassin,” has been jumping from host to host to get closer to Arlo’s unseen guest, and has a dark intention once he traps it. We’ve also learned a lot about these characters along the way. The boy’s folks—James and Maggie—are reeling from James’ affair with a neighbor. There is also a guy in...

Sam Yates is best known as a director for the theater, his most famous work being the one-man show of Vanya starring Andrew Scott. He made his feature debut as a film director with the erotic thriller Magpie, starring Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) and Shazad Latif (Profile) as a couple who finds themselves on unsteady ground.

We at FandomWire got to speak with Sam Yates, the director of Magpie, about his feature debut. Check out the interview below!

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FandomWire: One of the things I love about Magpie is that it’s a slow burn, but it’s also consistently fun and a tight 90 minutes. How did you achieve this balance in the tension?

Sam Yates: Well, yes, tension is very important, isn’t it to a noir or thriller. I guess we create it in a few ways, through the actors, especially Daisy’s performance. Everything...

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming on Peacock.

Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with showrunner/executive producer Ian McCulloch about the new series, including the gamble of putting his own unique spin on an adaptation of McCammon's Stinger, the importance of building relatable characters for the audience to connect with, and the creative freedom of working with horror mastermind James Wan.

You can watch our interview with Ian below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired...

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Teacup!

Boris McGiver is a country man who must work with his neighbors to determine a horrific ordeal in Teacup. Son to acclaimed character actor John McGiver, Boris has steadily risen to stardom since holding early supporting roles in everything from the Queen Latifah-led Taxi to HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. In more recent years, McGiver has found acclaim for his turns as Tom Hammerschmidt in Netflix's House of Cards, Monsignor Matthew Korecki in Paramount+'s Evil and Uncle George in Apple TV+'s Servant.

McGiver stars in Teacup as Donald Kelly, the rough-around-the-edges neighbor to the show's main family, the Chenoweths. While searching for his and his wife's wandering dog, Donald finds himself trapped along with the Chenoweth and Shanley families when the mysterious McNab paints a blue line around their properties, quickly learning it means...

Things are getting incredibly tense in Peacock horror series “Teacup,” executive produced by James Wan and inspired by Robert McCammon‘s Stinger. Firmly trapped in place by a mysterious force, the disparate group now realizes the threat could be any one of them in an exclusive new clip ahead of this week’s episodes.

The first two episodes of Atomic Monster and UCP’s series “Teacup” premiered on Peacock on Thursday, October 10, followed by two episodes weekly through Halloween.

The series from Atomic Monster, UCP, and showrunner Ian McCulloch (“Yellowstone”) follows a group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. As the showrunner previously revealed, don’t expect this series to faithfully adhere to the novel that inspired it.

Scott Speedman (The Strangers), Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Chaske Spencer (“Jessica Jones”, The Twilight Saga), Kathy Baker,...

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming on Peacock.

Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with co-stars Scott Speedman and Yvonne Strahovski, who play married couple James and Maggie Chenoweth, about what attracted them to the series, including the family drama fueled by the marital strains between James and Maggie, as well as collaborating with showrunner Ian McCulloch, embracing the physicality of the series, and the joyful distraction of being around baby goats in the show's isolated rural setting.

You can watch our interview with Scott and Yvonne below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural...

A new Stephen King-approved horror show is the perfect series to watch alongside From season 3, with both shows sporting plenty of similarities. From season 3 is a horror series on MGM+, following the lives of people who become trapped in a town filled with supernatural creatures and paranormal events. King praised the series starting in season 2, leading to a growth in popularity. This was compounded by From's intriguing characters and unsolved mysteries, leading to many theories surrounding what's really going on in the mysterious location.

Alongside human characters trying to escape town, the show also features plenty of mysterious figures, such as the Boy in White and a ghostly figure one character keeps seeing in his dreams. These compound to form different layers of the ongoing mystery, which allow the show to juggle multiple mysteries as everyone attempts their escapes. While From is getting positive reviews for season 3, the show's...

October is typically home to a plethora of horror-themed content, released just in time for spooky season, and the biggest highlight of this year’s offerings is the supernatural horror-comedy Hysteria! With a rockin’ cast, a compelling story, and palpable energy, Hysteria! is a charming new show that will win the hearts of both today’s teens and those who grew up in the era in which it is set.

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Hysteria! is set in a conservative small town in the late 1980s amid the Satanic Panic, as a group of teenagers with a garage band decide to start a fake cult to make themselves more popular. When a local boy is found murdered, things get out of hand, and they become involved in a conspiracy that is bigger than they ever could have imagined.

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Teacup episodes 1 & 2!Teacup creator Ian McCulloch has explained episode 2's brutal death scene, breaking down the vision behind how character deaths in the show are going to happen. Teacup episode 2 ended with the three families trapped on the Chenowth's ranch learning that crossing a line drawn by the Gas Mask Man will cause them to die in a visceral way. However, Claire Kelly (Holly A. Morris) chases her and her husband's dog over the line, resulting in her flesh opening up and her bones splintering outside her skin in the process.

Speaking with Collider, McCulloch explained how the vision behind Teacup's brutal death sequence involved balancing shocking the audience with ensuring the scene wasn't over-the-top either. The creator explained how Jaws was an inspiration, wanting to showcase less horrifying moments to ensure the terror of such scenes had more impact. He praised Claire's death scene and its choreography,...

Every studio and network is rolling out their genre offerings at that time of year. From horror to sci-fi to intense thrillers, everyone wants to scare you in October, and this new series by producer James Wan is at the top of the list. Based on the novel Stinger by Robert McCammon, Teacup is a perfectly scary story that is parsed out in thirty-minute chapters between now and Halloween.

Teacup tells the story of the Chenoweth family, who live on an isolated farmstead away from any populated areas. As Maggie and James deal with a rift in their marriage, their kids Arlo and Meryl are drawn into the fight as the neighboring Shanley family arrives with an injured horse. Soon, the two families are thrown into a mysterious conflict with a mysterious stranger who warns them that leaving their property could spell certain doom. As the story unfolds, we learn...

Teacup, the new horror adaptation endorsed by Stephen King, is off to a solid start on Rotten Tomatoes. Teacup recently debuted on Peacock, arriving just in time for the spookiest month of the year. The eight-episode series is based on the Robert McCammon novel Stinger, with The Handmaid's Tale star Yvonne Strahovski and Grey's Anatomy alum Scott Speedman in lead roles. The story centers on an unlikely group in rural Georgia that must work together to face a mysterious danger threatening their survival. King praised the show before its premiere, comparing it to Lost and From.

When taking all reviews into account, Teacup is off to a solid start on Rotten Tomatoes. The adaptation has a 72% based on 18 reviews, with the score breaking down to 6.30 out of 10. However, when narrowed to what the website deems as Top Critics, the rating falls to 44% based on 9 reviews. The score is bound to...

Peacock's Teacup is a gripping character-driven horror series primarily held together by the performances of its talented cast members. Inspired by Robert R. McCammon's book Stringer, Teacup unfolds on a ranch in rural Georgia. In its eight-episode runtime, it walks through how its characters find themselves facing a mysterious threat that disrupts their seemingly idyllic lives. Although Teacup adopts a slow-burn approach in its early episodes, it reels viewers in by creating an immersive experience with its harrowing atmosphere and claustrophobic setting.

Through its character beats, Teacup also prompts viewers to become armchair detectives and solve its underlying mysteries with the main characters. Since Teacup's characters play a crucial role in gradually raising the intensity of its terrors and drama, the performances of its cast members are instrumental to its story's emotional impact. Owing to this, many viewers might wonder who plays whom in Teacup after watching the show.

[This story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of Teacup.]

Scott Speedman may have endeared himself to audiences in the late ’90s as heartthrob Ben Covington, the object of Felicity Porter’s (Keri Russell) desires, on the WB college drama series Felicity. But for over two decades, the British-born Canadian actor has carved out a niche for himself in the horror and thriller genres, playing increasingly complicated and tortured men in the Underworld film franchise, The Strangers, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future and the forthcoming Cellar Door. And in recent years, Speedman, with his buzzy roles in Grey’s Anatomy and You, has reentered the cultural zeitgeist.

Now, Teacup marks Speedman’s latest foray into horror. Adapted from Robert R. McCammon’s novel Stinger by Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone, Chicago Fire) and executive produced by James Wan, the eerie eight-part series, which premiered with its first two episodes Thursday on Peacock, follows a disparate group of people in...

Filming the Peacock sci-fi series “Teacup,” in which residents of a farm in rural Georgia must band together to survive after a series of bizarre events, meant a lot of night shoots and frequent use of gas masks.

Neither aspect was easy, but the cast — including Scott Speedman, Yvonne Strahovski, Rob Morgan and Chaske Spencer — found ways to cope. Speedman, who plays father-of-two James Chenoweth, said that “your brain turns off” at some point when filming goes all night.

Morgan, perhaps best known as Officer Powell on “Stranger Things,” is McNab, the mysterious man who shows up at the Chenoweths’ farm in a gas mask and warns them not to cross a blue line he’s just painted around their property.

Chaske Spencer and Scott Speedman in “Teacup” (Credit: Peacock)

Although we don’t see the actor’s face for most of the series, the striking image of him in...

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming its first two episodes on Peacock.

Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with co-stars Rob Morgan (who plays the enigmatic McNab) and Chaske Spencer (who plays the ever-resourceful Ruben Shanley) about what attracted them to playing their intriguing characters on the series, working with showrunner Ian McCulloch, and seeing the world premiere of Teacup at Fantastic Fest!

You can watch our interview with Rob and Chaske below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive.

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming its first two episodes on Peacock, and Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with co-stars Caleb Dolden and Emilie Bierre about their respective roles as siblings Arlo and Meryl Chenoweth in the intriguingly haunting series.

You can watch our interview with Caleb and Emilie below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon.

Premiere Date: October 10, 2024 (2 Episodes Weekly)

Showrunner / Executive Producer: Ian McCulloch...

The first two episodes of Peacock‘s new horror series Teacup have now premiered on the streamer, and it’s not much of a spoiler to say that there is some truly horrific imagery at play in the series already. Such visuals include a body that’s been torn into shreds right in front of everyone and left to fester like a grisly statue outside of an apparently unbreachable forcefield. That sight of a gnashed body would be difficult for even the most veteran horror stars to stomach, so with two underaged children in the cast, the intensity of the prop was probably tenfold. So how did the team keep the kids from getting too scared of what they saw on set? TV Insider caught up with Emilie Bierre and Caleb Dolden, who play the young children of the Chenoweth family. The characters, one a teen and another an elementary school-aged boy,...

“Teacup,” Peacock’s new series executive produced by James Wan, is a tricky one to write about. Writer, producer, and showrunner Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) draws very little from Robert McCammon’s Stinger, opting for a modern, minimalist interpretation of the horror western, one driven almost entirely by its central mystery. The eight-episode inaugural season is so structured around its enigmatic threat, purpose, methodology, and reach that “Teacup“ becomes a landmine of spoilers to dodge for the sake of preserving its many, many surprises. While that makes for a lot of setup and character dynamics to establish, McCulloch’s careful plotting and effective atmospherics pay off, resulting in an intense, rewarding inaugural season.

Set in rural Georgia, the series sees a disparate group of people forced together by a mysterious phenomenon in their surrounding woods. The type that leaves them without electricity, cell phone service, or a way to escape whatever...

I tore through “Teacup” in two days.

The Peacock thriller based on Robert McCammon’s “Stinger” premieres on October 11 and will continue in two-episodes installments, but the wait between them is agonizing. “Teacup” takes place over the course of one harrowing night and day amid a major supernatural threat — the kind of premise and pacing that would’ve made a killer feature along the lines of “Cloverfield” or “Attack the Block.” Ian McCulloch serves as showrunner and executive producer along with McCammon, James Wan, and more.

Alas, “Peacock” debuts in the era of streaming, the era in which a novel’s TV adaptation veers toward audiobook in terms of run time. This is the era of “We’re not making a TV show, we’re making a multi-part movie”, and for a story like “Teacup” that just crushes the momentum.

That story begins on a day like any other at...

Plot: Follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel “Stinger” by Robert McCammon.

Review: The name James Wan attached to a production likely makes you think you are in for something similar to The Conjuring or Insidious. The filmmaker has become synonymous with scary movies as much as he has directed big-budget tentpoles like Aquaman and Furious 7. Still, his prowess as a producer has fostered several cool projects under his Atomic Monster banner in recent years. The new series Teacup carries Wan’s name recognition but is the brainchild of Ian McCulloch. Inspired by the Robert McCammon novel Stinger, Teacup is a unique and original foray into genre storytelling that combines horror, science fiction, and family drama for a creepy drama series that is much...

The game of survival is all about who has control — and who loses it first. In the eight-episode Peacock Original horror series “Teacup,” a group of neighbors trapped on a farm in rural Georgia must put aside their differences and unite in the face of a mysterious and deadly threat. Executive produced by Ian McCulloch and James Wan and starring Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman, “Teacup” will premiere exclusively on Peacock on Thursday, Oct. 10 with its first two episodes. You can watch with Subscription to Peacock.

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Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel “Stinger” by Robert McCammon, “Teacup” follows a group of people in rural Georgia who must come together to face a terrifying threat.

The genre-bending series, which contains elements of horror, mystery, and drama,...

Showrunner Ian McCulloch has adapted Robert R. McCammon’s novel Stinger into a series for Peacock titled Teacup. The eight-episode series is debuting just in time for the Halloween season to deliver the scares. Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman star in the mysterious thriller, which follows a group of neighbors trapped on a farm in Georgia by a mysterious threat.

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Maggie and James Chenoweth find themselves on the verge of separation as James has cheated on her once again. However, a disturbance in the middle of the night finds the Chenoweths and their accompanying neighbors in trouble by a mysterious masked man. The masked man paints a circle around the farm, and if they cross it, a weird chain of events unfolds, killing the person.

Inspired by Robert R. McCammon’s novel Stinger, Teacup takes place in and around a small group of neighboring ranches in a remote part of Georgia, where something is seriously amiss. The animals notice it first, as they always seem to. Then the phonelines die, and the power goes out, including the batteries inside everyone’s car. Just as the ranchers start to suspect that someone or something is intentionally trying to cut them off from the outside world, a painted blue borderline appears on the ground around their ranches, confirming that fear. A mysterious man named McNab (Rob Morgan) warns them not to cross it and, as the first episode ends, we get a very vivid demonstration of what will happen if that warning is ignored.

It’s a compelling setup, isolating a bunch of characters in a single location and then weaving between their interpersonal drama and the overarching mystery.

Peacock’s horror series executive produced by James Wan, “Teacup,” assembles an impressive cast and crew with horror pedigree for a new, modern take on the sci-fi western. One that only loosely pulls from the novel that inspired it, Robert McCammon’s Stinger, without sacrificing the horror or impressive practical effects.

Bloody Disgusting visited the set of “Teacup” earlier this year in Atlanta, Georgia, where writer, producer, and showrunner Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) detailed plans for the inaugural season of his puzzle box genre series, and the lead cast offered insight into their roles.

While McCulloch’s interpretation of Stinger offers a more scaled-back, intimate mystery, his vision is set to bring the horror in delightfully gory ways.

The plot follows a group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. “Teacup” boasts an impressive cast playing the rural...

If you haven’t heard yet, Teacup is the new horror series about to take over your screens — and trust me, you won’t want to miss it.

Inspired by Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger, Teacup drops viewers into the eerie depths of rural Georgia, where a mismatched group of locals must band together to survive a chilling and mysterious threat.

With its strange, suspenseful atmosphere and mind-bending twists, this series will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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Airing on Peacock starting Thursday, October 10, Teacup will deliver two tantalizing episodes weekly, totaling eight episodes, each packed with mystery, horror, and thrills.

TV Fanatic’s Carissa Pavlica sat down with some of the cast members, along with showrunner and executive producer Ian McCulloch, to get the inside scoop on why Teacup is a must-watch this Halloween season. Take a look!

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Robert McCammon's cult classic horror novel Stinger is getting the screen treatment, with a twist, from Ian McCulloch in Teacup. Prior to the Peacock horror show, McCulloch had primarily worked as a recurring writer and executive producer in the world of television, having contributed to the likes of NBC's Chicago Fire, Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone and the short-lived Stephen Dorff neo-Western drama Deputy. While only a writer for 23 episodes of each, McCulloch was a consulting producer for far more of each series, with Chicago Fire being his biggest tenure for all 23 episodes of season 4.

With Teacup, McCulloch takes a very unique approach to adapting McCammon's novel, doing away with a large amount of it and instead focusing the story on three families on a rural Georgia farm rather than a small town. The families find themselves trapped by a circle painted by the mysterious McNab, a man wearing a...

milie Bierre and Caleb Dolden are two siblings whose quiet lives become a waking, and mysterious, nightmare in Teacup. Both young actors are still relatively fresh to the filmmaking scene, with Bierre finding widespread acclaim for her role in the 2018 drama A Colony before continuing to primarily work in the independent Canadian industry. For Dolden, the upcoming horror show serves as his first major role on either the big or small screens, having had small roles in everything from the 2020 horror movie Follow Me, led by Teen Wolf alum Holland Roden, to General Hospital.

Bierre and Dolden star in Teacup as Meryl and Arlo Chenoweth, the children of rural Georgia farmer James and large-animal veterinarian Maggie, the former of whom dreams of life outside of the farm, while the latter is an imaginative young boy. One day, Arlo goes missing while following a goat into the nearby woods, only to...

Yvonne Strahovski as Maggie Chenoweth in ‘Teacup’ (Photo by: Mark Hill/Peacock)

There’s something really weird going on in the rural Georgia community that’s the setting for Peacock’s new horror series Teacup. The eight-episode series follows a small group of people who find themselves trapped by a mysterious threat.

Loosely based on Robert McCammon’s novel Stinger, Teacup stars Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale), Scott Speedman (You), and Chaske Spencer (Marvel’s Echo) as Ruben Shanley. Strahovski, Speedman, and Spencer took part in Peacock’s first San Diego Comic-Con panel for the show in July 2024. Following the panel, the cast and showrunner Ian McCulloch participated in roundtable interviews to dive deeper into what viewers can expect when Teacup premieres on October 10, 2024.

Yvonne Strahovski and Ian McCulloch Teacup Interview

How closely did you stick to Robert McCammon’s book? What did you take from it for the series?...

Chaske Spencer and Rob Morgan play two figures on literally opposite sides of a mysterious line in Teacup. After first breaking out with his role as the werewolf Sam in the Twilight franchise, Spencer would start to gain steam on screen with the Banshee franchise, starring as Deputy Billy Raven, and continuing it with Giovanni Ribisi's Sneaky Pete, NBC's Blindspot and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Echo, starring as the titular character's uncle. Morgan also has a history in the MCU, appearing in all six of Netflix's Marvel shows as Turk Barrett, as well as Netflix's Stranger Things, Don't Look Up and Smile.

Spencer stars in Teacup as Ruben Shanley, a local farmer living with his family in rural Georgia, who comes to his neighbors, the Chenoweths, for help when one of his horses gets entangled in a fence and is badly wounded. While on their farm, though,...

Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman are a married couple whose troubled family life becomes all the more harrowing when faced with a mysterious threat in Teacup. Strahovski is a two-time Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, having found acclaim in everything from her breakout roles in NBC's spy comedy Chuck and Showtime's Dexter to Kiefer Sutherland's 24: Live Another Day and Elisabeth Moss' The Handmaid's Tale, among many others. Speedman similarly found his first breakout role on the small screen with J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves' Felicity before starring in the likes of the Underworld franchise, The Strangers and, most recently, as a series regular on Grey's Anatomy.

Strahovski and Speedman star in Teacup as Maggie and James Chenoweth, a couple living on an isolated ranch in Georgia with their teenage daughter, Meryl, young son, Arlo, and James' mother, Ellen, who is managing a terminal illness diagnosis. Maggie and James,...

The executive producer and showrunner of Teacup addresses plans for season 2 and beyond. Based on the Robert McCammon novel Stinger, and consisting of eight episodes, Teacup is led by The Handmaid's Tale star Yvonne Strahovski and Grey's Anatomy's Scott Speedman. It focuses on an unlikely group in rural Georgia that must work together to face a mysterious danger threatening their survival.

Ahead of Teacup's premiere on October 10 on Peacock, creator, showrunner, and executive producer Ian McCulloch candidly addressed the possibility of continuing the horror adaptation for several seasons. McCulloch explained that, while he did have some ideas, he doesn't know what the ending of the story will be. In the quote below, McCulloch explains that I write as an audience member and reflects on how that changes how he approaches Teacup:

Both yes and no. I have some ideas, but I am a writer who doesn't like to make his job easy,...

The James Wan-produced Teacup was one of my most anticipated 2024 horror shows, but the showrunner's claim it essentially ignores the source novel makes me nervous. Peacock's Teacup stars Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman as a couple in Georgia who, alongside their neighbors, find themselves under siege by an otherworldly threat. The trailer for Teacup takes notes from Lost's playbook, keeping things very mysterious, but those who've read the book it adapts - Robert R. McCammon's Stinger - will have a clearer idea of what's happening.

Stinger feels like an unmade sequel to The Thing and involves an alien bounty hunter trapping a desert town inside an impenetrable dome. This creature can also absorb other lifeforms and make drones of them, with its signature attack being a spiky, barbed tail. I found Stinger to be a pulpy guilty pleasure, featuring both creepy scenes of horror and large-scale action.

Stephen King is once again scoping out all the best genre TV to give fans the rundown on what's new and great. His Entertainment Weekly column may have ended ages ago, but the prolific author's pop culture knowledge knows no limits, and he still regularly takes to Twitter/X to post about what he's been watching or reading. Earlier this summer, he gave the Paramount+ series "Evil" a boost –- and may have kick-started an entire cast and fan campaign –- by requesting a renewal for the newly-ended weird horror series. His other recent recommendations include the Jeremy Saulnier thriller "Rebel Ridge" and the Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald-led indie "Strange Darling," both of which /Film's own critic Chris Evangelista also really liked.

People tend to joke that King's pop culture taste isn't always on the mark these days, but he's clearly on a roll with his recent recommendations,...

From Executive Producer James Wan comes the new horror series Teacup.

Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel “Stinger” by Robert McCammon, the cast includes Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux.

The first two episodes of Teacup premiere on Peacock on Thursday, October 10, followed by two episodes weekly through Halloween. The horror, thriller contains eight 30 Min episodes.

Published in 1988, Stinger is a classic horror novel that blends elements of science fiction and pulp fiction. Set in a dying Texas mining town, the story centers around an alien bounty hunter who arrives to track down a fugitive alien who has escaped from its home planet.

Sounds very much like the movies Critters and The Hidden.

Stephen King shares his praise for the upcoming horror series Teacup, comparing it to Lost and the MGM+ series From. Debuting in just a matter of weeks, the Teacup trailer previewed the James Wan-produced show that teases a terrifying mystery. Although the story seems to begin on a sunny note, it's not too long before the sinister twists begin to cut through the perfect exterior.

Ahead of Teacup's debut on Peacock, with the first two episodes releasing on October 10, King has posted a glowing endorsement of the series on X/Twitter. The legendary author has shared his support for various series, being one of the early supporters of From which has since become a relatively breakout hit. King calls the show strange, creepy, claustrophobic, and scary, comparing it to the seminal mystery drama Lost and From as well.

Teacup: If you like From or Lost, I think you'll enjoy this.