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The release date for Storm in a Teacup’s stealth-action title Steel Seed is creeping up quickly, and as a result, we’ve got a new 15-minute extended gameplay trailer to whet fans’ appetites. The trailer reveals more about Steel Seed protagonist Zoe and her flying drone companion, Koby, as they delve into the depths of a hostile underground facility in search of answers — and the key to humanity’s survival.

From the team that brought you Close to the Sun, Steel Seed takes place in a dark sci-fi world where humanity stands on the brink of extinction. After a catastrophic event rendered Earth uninhabitable, machines took control of the remnants of humanity’s survival. The underground facility is a vast, machine-built structure designed for machines — not humans.

Players must utilise shadows, distractions, and the environment to evade or take down enemies as they make their way through the facility.

AMC's psychological thriller series Dark Winds is expanding its call-sheet for Season 4 with the addition of actor Chaske Spencer. Known for his performances in The Twilight Saga, The English, and the Marvel miniseries Echo, Spencer will take on the recurring role of Sonny, a recruiter who draws young Navajo men into a Los Angeles-based crime syndicate. This news comes on the heels of unfolding events on the show, which is now into its third season after its premiere on AMC on March 9, 2025.

Based on Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee novels, Dark Winds is set in 1971 within the Navajo Nation, where tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) navigate a series of crimes that initially look unconnected but soon lead to a complex web of criminal conspiracy. In the course of their work, they are faced with overcoming personal demons and moral dilemmas along the way.

Exclusive: Chaske Spencer has joined the recurring cast of AMC’s hit Dark Winds for Season 4.

Production on Season 4, which will consist of eight hourlong episodes, will kick off this month in Santa Fe, Nm, with a premiere set for 2026.

Spencer will portray Sonny, a recruiter for a Los Angeles crime ring. Charismatic and lethal, he uses his charm and menace to lure young Native American men recently relocated to the city from their reservations into a life of crime.

Set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Dark Winds follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) of the Tribal Police as he is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs into the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon...

There aren't too many horror TV shows these days that have managed to last beyond a single season. Peacock recently canceled Hysteria! and Teacup, and while franchises like The Walking Dead are still going strong, there isn't much else out there for fans to sink their teeth into save for The Creep Tapes on Shudder, and From on MGM+. The former is still in its infancy, but the latter has – thankfully – managed to become a bona fide hit that highlights that, when done right, horror can be just as successful on the small screen as it is on the big one. Now, nearly four months after the conclusion of From Season 3, we finally have an idea of when Season 4 might premiere.

Speaking with Emmanuel Noisette from E-Man's Movie Reviews, From creators John Griffin and Jeff Pinker sat down to discuss their wildly popular horror series that kicked off in 2022, and...

Stephen King is an incredibly prolific modern author, best known for his works in the horror genre. King's novels and novellas have landed on the New York Times Best Seller list multiple times, and several have been adapted into critically acclaimed films. He is renowned for his ability to craft a chilling atmosphere and infuse his scares with a compelling sense of mystery and intrigue.

Luckily, even after they've exhausted his filmography, King's fans have plenty of options for entertainment. A consistent part of the media landscape for decades, he's been an inspiration for horror auteurs. And with the rise of horror television, King's influence can be seen across the TV landscape.

Teacup Is the Perfect Binge King Gave it His Seal of Approval

Adapted from Robert R. McCammon's novel Stinger, Teacup centers on the Chenoweth family. Veterinarian Maggie (Yvonne Stahovski) and her husband James (Scott Speedman) live on...

If The Bad Place ever existed on Earth, it would look a hell of a lot like Gilead, in our estimation. So it makes sense that The Good Place star D'Arcy Carden has joined the fold for the sixth and final season of The Handmaid's Tale. Though production on the show has already wrapped, Hulu is only just now dropping these fascinating casting tidbits in preparation for the series' return to our screens on April 8, 2025.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed D'Arcy Carden's casting in The Handmaid's Tale Season 6. She's not the only new, familiar-to-us face to hop aboard the series in its final outing: late last year it was announced that Veep creep and fellow comedy stalwart Timothy Simons had also joined the cast in a guest-starring capacity. As it currently stands, we have no further details on either actors' characters, but regardless of which side of the revolution they're on,...

Did anybody think that The Handmaid's Tale would be even more prescient heading into its final season? Surely not, but here we are! The sixth season of the Hulu series based on Margaret Atwood's novel has never strayed from striking a chord since its debut in 2017 — but with the way things are going in the ol' United States of America, the fight for a revolution in Gilead feels eerily too close to home and the future many people seem to want for this country. So, naturally, we're looking forward to seeing how June (Elisabeth Moss) burns it all down in the end.

Maybe it'll give us all a few pointers as we fall deeper into the dystopian fascist hellscape that the more extreme conservatives among us want. That is assuming we can make it to April 8 when the sixth and final season premieres. In the meantime, the series also gave us a chilling,...

If you're a fan of post-apocalyptic horror fiction, then you know there are two essential novels that everyone must read: Stephen King's The Stand, and Robert McCammon's Swan Song. The former has been adapted for TV a couple of times now, while the fan base of the latter has been clamoring for one for decades. Well, dreams do come true because Swan Song is finally getting the television adaptation we’ve all been waiting for, and it just found its showrunner.

Per Variety, Russell Rothberg will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner for Swan Song, which is now being taken out to market to hopefully find a distributor. Rothberg's past credits include the highly successful A&e series Bates Motel, Apple TV's Foundation, and most recently the Peacock limited series Long Bright River. The best part of all? Walking Dead alumni Greg Nicotero is also along for the ride,...

A year has gone by since it was announced that special effects legend Greg Nicotero, who is the creative supervisor on the Shudder series inspired by the George A. Romero / Stephen King anthology Creepshow, directed more than forty episodes of The Walking Dead, and is now an executive producer on the Walking Dead spin-off The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, would be executive producing a TV series adaptation of the post-apocalyptic novel Swan Song, written by Robert McCammon. Nicotero will be directing the pilot episode of the series as well. Now, Variety has learned that the series has hired its showrunner.

That showrunner is Russell Rothberg, who will also serve as writer and executive producer on the show. Rothberg has a long list of credits that includes being a writer and executive producer on the upcoming Peacock limited series Long Bright River, being an executive producer on the Paramount+ limited series The Offer,...

A series adaptation of Robert McCammon’s bestselling post-apocalyptic novel, Swan Song, is in the works, and Variety reports this morning that it’s found its showrunner in “Foundation” producer Russell Rothberg.

Rothberg will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. The Swan Song showrunner is no stranger to genre TV, either, having previously developed the Psycho-inspired series “Bates Motel” for A&e.

In Swan Song, “following the U.S. government’s nuclear showdown with an unprecedented malevolent enemy, America as it was is gone forever. Now, the remaining citizens must fight to stay alive in a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies.”

Longtime “The Walking Dead” executive producer/director and “Creepshow” showrunner Greg Nicotero is attached to direct the pilot and will executive produce along with Brian Witten from Monster Agency Productions. Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, and Vicky Patel will executive produce through Monarch Media,...

It's a sad day for fans of the Peacock series Hysteria!, led by stars like Julie Bowen, Anna Camp, and, of course, Ash himself, Bruce Campbell. Variety exclusively reports that Peacock has canceled the show after its one and (now only) season.

Hysteria! was an exciting thrill ride of a series, perfect for a Halloween binge-watch, but thankfully, the ending is mostly conclusive, though it did leave seeds for a potential follow-up season if it were to get renewed. The odds of the show being picked up or saved by another platform also seem unlikely, as Hysteria! didn't gain much traction at Peacock. Similarly, Peacock also canceled its other new 2024 horror series Teacup, so this latest cancellation news doesn't come as much of a shock.

As noted by Variety, it's hard to indicate what the viewership numbers were for shows like Teacup and Hysteria! because the streamer doesn't release that...

A couple of weeks ago, the Peacock streaming service announced that they had cancelled the James Wan-produced series Teacup after just one season. Now, another one bites the dust. Variety reports that Peacock has also decided to cancel the coming-of-age Satanic Panic thriller series Hysteria! after just one season.

Written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane, Hysteria! explored America’s dark history of mass hysteria through the shocking story of the teenage Satanic Panic. The series follows a group of 1980s high school misfits as they exploit the growing hysteria around teen occult activity. Here’s the full official synopsis: When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders,...

We feared this day would come, and now it’s finally here. A new horror series that premiered last year has been axed, and it didn't deserve to meet such an untimely end. It had such potential, and it sucks that we won’t get to see where the story could have gone. Sadly, Peacock has pulled the plug on the horror comedy Hysteria! after only one season, and now fans are left to mourn what could have been.

This disappointing news comes only a month after it was revealed that Peacock had canceled another one of its new horror shows from last year. It was the sci-fi horror Teacup. The streaming giant has never come out and shared why it decided to cancel this series, but low viewership is believed to have played a significant role in the decision. While Peacock hasn't given an official reason for Hysteria!'s cancellation either,...

Peacock continues its cancellation streak with its coming-of-age Satanic Panic thriller series “Hysteria!” after one season, Variety reports. The news arrives just weeks after the streamer canceled sci-fi horror series “Teacup“.

The series premiered in October 2024, and all eight episodes are now available to stream.

Written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane (Stitchers) and David Goodman (The Orville), “Hysteria!” highlights America’s dark history of mass hysteria through ’80s Satanic Panic. It’s framed through a teen coming-of-age story centered around a trio of high school misfits caught up in a wave of dangerous hysteria.

The series’ official synopsis: “When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the ‘Satanic Panic ‘of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders,...

Peacock is not proceeding with a second season of thriller drama Hysteria!, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes 3½ months after the eight-episode first season was released as a binge drop on October 18.

It is not surprising as the series starring Julie Bowen and Anna Camp didn’t manage to make noise like other recent Peacock entries, including The Day Of the Jackal and Apples Never Fall. The decision follows the recent cancellation of another Peacock October release, horror drama Teacup.

Written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane, Hysteria! is set during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, when a beloved varsity quarterback disappears. It follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a satanic metal band. But when a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings and reported “supernatural...

Natalie Zea and Eoin Macken’s sci-fi series on NBC, La Brea, ended after a three-season run in 2024. The series begins when a massive sinkhole opens at the La Brea Tar Pits in LA and pulls people, vehicles, and buildings into a time portal. The main characters end up in a location in 10,000 BC. The survivors’ search for a way back forms the plot of the three seasons.

There was no way the network could’ve pushed for more seasons, albeit a fourth season, after the challenges faced during the production of Season 3. The third season was much shorter than the first two seasons, with just six episodes as opposed to the 10 and 14 episodes of Seasons 1 and 2.

Natalie Zea and Jack Martin in the pilot episode of La Brea | Credits: NBC

The reception from the critics was mixed, especially in the later seasons. La Brea was created and executive-produced by David Appelbaum,...

I’m not exactly sure which show started the trend of trapping a bunch of eclectic characters in a limited but seemingly boundless space and watching them tear themselves apart for a variety of reasons, but Lost was definitely the most popular of this subgenre. Yes, folks don’t like to talk about it anymore after that controversial ending, but there’s no denying that it was a good series. Now, of course, when something reached that level of hype, producers and artists tried to emulate it. Hence, we got projects like Under the Dome, The Mist, Wayward Pines, Teacup, and From. Moving into post-apocalyptic territory, there were El Barco, Snowpiercer, Silo, Fallout, and the list goes on. Now, given how Silo has recently concluded, that too on a cliffhanger, people are probably eager to see more just like it until the next season arrives. And for them I have the perfect recommendation: Paradise.

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,...

Exclusive: Debra Moore Muñoz is developing Silvia Moreno-Garcia ’s 2022 novel The Daughter of Doctor Moreau for television from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Atomic Monster and Telemundo Studios.

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a retelling of the classic Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells from the perspective of his coming-of-age daughter, Carlota — a sheltered girl raised to believe her father is a genius. When the charming son of Moreau’s patron, Eduardo, arrives at their estate, he threatens to upend the long-simmering feelings between Carlota and the estate’s overseer, Montgomery Laughton, and causes Carlota to question everything she’s been told — forcing her to reckon with some dark truths about her father and his work.

“The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a mixture of science fiction, historical fiction and drama set in lush, 19th century Yucatan, and I’m excited...

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,...

The James Wan-produced series Teacup, which is an adaptation of the 1988 bestseller Stinger, written by Robert R. McCammon (pick up a copy Here), had its premiere on the Peacock streaming service back in October – and while JoBlo’s own Alex Maidy thought it was a good show (you can read his 7/10 review at This Link), it apparently didn’t connect with as many viewers as Peacock was hoping it would. Variety reports that Peacock has cancelled the show after just one season. Variety notes that “Peacock does not typically release viewership information so one cannot gauge the kind of audience the show found, but it failed to make a dent on the Nielsen Top 10 streaming charts.”

McCammon’s novel has the following description: The story takes place during a single twenty-four hour period in Inferno, Texas. Inferno is a town in trouble, driven to the brink by racial tension,...

Peacock has officially poured out the last dregs of its horror series Teacup, opting not to renew the show for a second season. Based on Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger, Teacup seemed to have a decent pedigree, with James Wan among its executive producers and a cast led by Yvonne Strahovski […]

Peacock Pulls the Plug: Horror Series “Teacup” Canceled After One Season...

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.

Horror series are one of the hardest to bring to the screen in any meaningful and long-lasting way, and this has been proven again as the Ian McCulloch and James Wan produced Teacup has been canceled by Peacock after a single season. Despite gaining a lot of positive reviews and a growing dedicated fanbase, the viewing figures were apparently not up to scratch for Peacock – which was possibly telling considering the show never graced the Top 10 of the streaming charts.

The series, based on the novel Stinger by Robert McCammon, was developed for Peacock by showrunner McCulloch and Wan’s Atomic Monster production company. The synopsis of the show reads, “A disparate group of people in rural Georgia must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive.” With a cast including The Handmaid’s Tale star Yvonne Strahov and Grey’s Anatomy’s Scott Speedman, the show...

No more Teacup for us. According to a Variety exclusive, Peacock has canceled the horror series after just one season.

Premiering in October 2024, Teacup was one of two new horror shows released by the streaming service alongside Hysteria!. No word yet on the future of Hysteria!, but we now know that Teacup will end with its eight-episode run.

Inspired by the novel Stinger written by Robert McCammon, Teacup follows a group of people trapped on a rural farm in Georgia. By the end of the first episode, a mysterious man wearing a gas mask shows up and paints a line around the farm, one that acts as a boundary trapping everyone inside. We quickly learn why. Any living being that crosses the line trying to escape disintegrates into a bloody mess. And that's just the beginning of the threats these characters must face.

Peacock doesn't share viewership data so we...

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.

It's going to be one and done for the horror series Teacup on Peacock. While the reviews were respectable, with horror legend Stephen King even offering his endorsement, the show is not going to get a chance to continue.

Per Variety, Teacup has been officially canceled by Peacock after just one season. The news follows the series dropping on the streaming platform in October 2024, culminating with the debut of its finale on Halloween. Its fate has since been unclear, but unfortunately for fans, it's ultimately turned out to be bad news. Among those feeling the disappointment is likely Stephen King, who publicly encouraged others to check out the series after he was impressed by what he saw.

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The horror author's suggestion was met with criticism.

As King said in a social media post,...

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 Chenoweth family may have defeated Assassin, but they couldn't survive the threat of cancellation. Peacock's horror series Teacup is ending after only one season on the streaming platform, per Variety. Created by Ian McCulloch as an adaptation of the Robert McCammon novel Stinger, it debuted last year in October as the latest horror project from horror maestro James Wan and his Atomic Monster production company. Despite solid reviews from critics and the big names attached to help make the spooky rural Georgia story something special, it apparently failed to capture an audience, unable to break into the Nielsen Top 10 streaming charts.

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 has delivered a mind-bending terror in the form of Teacup, but will the series ever be renewed for season 2? Very loosely based on the classic horror novel Stinger by Robert R. McCammon, the series concerns a family living in rural Georgia who find themselves face-to-face with a mysterious threat at their isolated farmhouse. Reminiscent of recent fears around the Covid-19 pandemic, Teacup plays up the themes of isolation and entrapment while also exploring a mystery framework that is punctuated with shocking body horror elements. With producer James Wan at the helm, the series has everything going for it.

Though adaptations of novels are nothing new in the world of TV and movies, Teacup is unique because it reportedly ignores most of its source material. Throughout the development process of the series, the creators were quick to point out that Teacup borrows loosely from McCammon's Stinger, and radically changes most of the important details.

2024 was a crowded year for television that had its share of misfires, but among the droves of disposable content was some stellar horror programming – from “Evil” to “The Creep Tapes” – that celebrates the genre’s versatility.

Television has reached a curious inflection point where what was once heralded as the medium’s Golden Age has turned into a daunting obligation where there’s far too much content to consume and the lengthy gaps between short seasons is enough to strip away even the most extreme enthusiasm. TV is in an interesting phase at the moment and while many prestige streaming series have struggled, the horror genre has thrived and turned out deeply captivating and creepy material. Television remains a safe haven for the horror genre and 2024 was a strong year for both brand new horror and returning series that are sure to entertain genre fans who are looking for something...

On Saturday December 21 2024, Ukids broadcasts Tea Town Teddy Bears!

The Tea Cup Mystery / Home Sweet Scone Season 1 Episode 5 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Tea Town Teddy Bears” is sure to delight fans with its charming stories. Titled “The Tea Cup Mystery / Home Sweet Scone,” this episode promises a mix of fun and adventure. It will air on Ukids and is perfect for young viewers who enjoy heartwarming tales.

In the first part, “The Tea Cup Mystery,” Grandma’s special tea cup takes center stage. The teddy bears discover that all the tea cups filled with delicious goodies have mysteriously gone missing. This twist adds an element of suspense, as the bears work together to solve the mystery. They will search high and low, using their cleverness and teamwork to find out what happened to the tasty treats. The story will engage young minds, encouraging them to think about problem-solving and friendship.

If you're looking for a high-concept, mysterious sci-fi show in the vein of "Under the Dome," "From," or "Manifest," Stephen King has a recommendation for you. The master of horror has always loved sharing recommendations for spooky genre offerings on social media, and this week he took to Threads (he left the cesspool formerly known as Twitter in November) to highlight the UK-made series "The Midwich Cuckoos."

"The Midwich Cuckoos (Amazon): Surprised there hasn't been more talk about this," King recently posted on Threads. "It's a brilliant re-imagining of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi/horror novel." The title of one of Wyndam's best-known novels may not sound familiar to you, but the name of its earlier film adaptation might: "The Midwich Cuckoos" became "Village of the Damned" when Wolf Rilla adapted it in 1960. That version of the story is considered an all-time-great horror movie, alternately dubbed as an "excellent...

After Longlegs became a surprise hit over the summer, Maika Monroe has lined up her next horror film, re-teaming with distributor Neon and director Chloe Okuno.

Per Deadline, Monroe is set to star in Brides, a horror film written and directed by Okuno. Longlegs distributor, Neon, plans to release the movie theatrically. Brides follows "Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband, who travel to a remote Italian villa where the villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally." Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu will serve as producers for Brides. Okuno made her feature debut with Watcher in 2022, a psychological thriller starring Monroe.

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Okuno is also known for directing a...

Exclusive: Following the success of the summer hit Longlegs, Neon and Maika Monroe have found their next thriller to team on as the studio has has acquired the North American rights to Watcher director Chloe Okuno’s Brides starring Monroe. The film marks the third collaboration for Neonand Monroe and the pic will be produced by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu through Likely Story. Pre-production is now underway, and it is set to begin shooting in March 2025. Neon will release the film theatrically.

Okuno will direct the film which is based on her original screenplay. The film follows, Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband, who travel to a remote Italian villa where the villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.

The deal for Brides was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman and Jason Wald on behalf of Neon. FilmNation Entertainment launched international sales at the American Film...

Stephen King praises a sci-fi adaptation of a classic sci-fi horror, which flew under the radar when it was first released. As the year comes to a close, the seminal author has shared some of his TV favorites. They've varied from the Jamie Dornan crime thriller The Tourist to the short-lived Apple TV+ series Constellation. But several of his recommendations tended to have one thing in common.

Whether it was the straightforward horrors of shows like Evil or Teacup or the more subdued unease of a drama like the Billy Crystal-led Before, several of King's TV notables tend to revolve around unsettling situations that would not seem at all out of place in some of his most famous novels. The author's latest recommendation follows along those lines.

King Highlights The Midwich Cuckoos The Series Is Adapted From John Wyndham's 1957 Novel

A British sci-fi series, based on the 1957 novel of the same name,...

Television has proven itself to be an excellent medium for video game adaptations, given their tendency toward sprawling stories that need more room to breathe than a two or even three-hour film will allow. With the mega success of shows like The Witcher, The Last of Us, and Fallout, Hollywood is hungry for more series to fill their programming lineups. There are numerous game-to-tv adaptations currently in the works, including God of War, Mass Effect, and Devil May Cry, among others.

Now, we can add one more upcoming series to the mix. Variety reports that James Wan's production company Atomic Monster has purchased the rights to Pacific Drive, one of 2024's most critically-acclaimed games. Created by Cassandra Dracott and Ironwood Studios and released in February of this year, Pacific Drive was nominated for best debut indie game at the 2024 Game Awards. It was also nominated for Best Game at the Big Festival,...

James Wan will executive produce a television adaptation of one of this year's most popular independent video games, Pacific Drive from creator Cassandra Dracott and developer Ironwood Studios. According to the Variety exclusive, Wan's company, Atomic Monster, will produce the series, and Wan will executive produce alongside Michael Clear and Rob Hackett.

Pacific Drive is a first-person survival game with strong sci-fi elements that places the player in an abandoned zone in Washington state. Traveling on foot or in a station wagon, players must scavenge the environment while trying to avoid strange anomalies and other supernatural entities.

As they traverse the landscape, they open up more areas on the map and begin to piece together the mysteries of the zone, which is portrayed as a fictionalized version of the Olympic Peninsula set in 1998. Unlike the real peninsula, the game's "Olympic Exclusion Zone" has been completely abandoned.

Described as a "retropunk-style" game,...

Ironwood Studios’ supernatural survival title Pacific Drive became a surprise hit upon release earlier this year. Now, Variety reports that James Wan’s Atomic Monster production company has acquired rights to develop Pacific Drive into a TV series.

The game created by Cassandra Dracott is “a retropunk-style driving and survival game set to an experimental electronic music soundtrack that challenges players to escape a surreal and abandoned exclusion zone with their car as their only companion in the dark and chilling world.”

The survival-horror driving sim puts players behind the wheel of a quirky station wagon stranded in a supernaturally-afflicted version of 1990s Cascadia, with players dealing with radioactive storms, sentient dumpsters and other dangerous anomalies.

James Wan and Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Rob Hackett will executive produce the TV series adaptation of the project along with Jeff Ludwig of The Menagerie Productions. The series has not been...

James Wan’s Atomic Monster production company has acquired the rights to develop Game Award-nominated indie title “Pacific Drive” into a TV series.

Created by Cassandra Dracott from Ironwood Studios, “Pacific Drive” is a retropunk-style driving and survival game set to an experimental electronic music soundtrack that challenges players to escape a surreal and abandoned exclusion zone with their car as their only companion in the dark and chilling world.

Debuting back in February, “Pacific Drive” was nominated for Best Debut Indie Game at the 2024 Game Awards Dec. 12 and won Best Gameplay at the 2024 Big Festival, where it was also nominated for Best Game. In June, the game was added to the suggested reading list for the Nebula Awards by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

Wan and Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Rob Hackett will executive produce the TV series adaptation of the project along with Jeff Ludwig of The Menagerie Productions.

Twelve years after they left the young adult franchise behind, the Twilight TV show won't see one actor reprise their role. Multiple attempts to develop a new installment in the franchise have stalled over the years, until it was announced in September 2024 that Netflix was working on an animated adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's bestselling novel series. The Twilight show's story will primarily adapt the 2020 novel, Midnight Sun, which served as a retelling of the original novel from Edward Cullen's perspective.

During a recent interview with TV Insider to discuss the Peacock horror-thriller show Teacup, Chaske Spencer was asked about his thoughts on the upcoming Twilight show. The actor, who played La Push leader Sam Uley in the original movies, expressed surprise to learn that they were making an animated adaptation of the 2020 novel, before going on to confirm he won't be reprising his role in the show due to...

Netflix’s upcoming Twilight television series, Midnight Sun, might be animated, but that doesn’t mean all of the original stars of the film series are looking to reprise their roles. While some have expressed an interest — Peter Facinelli, for example, said it could “be fun to revisit” his role as Dr. Carlisle Cullen — at least one former Saga star is taking himself out of the running. While chatting about his Peacock horror series Teacup, TV Insider asked Chaske Spencer for his thoughts about the new Twilight show, and he did not seem to already know that it was happening. “They’re making an anime series on Netflix? Oh, well, I’ll watch it,” Spencer said with an air of surprise. “I’ll check it out. Yeah, I’ll look at it.” However, when pressed whether he is interested in reprising his role as Quileute werewolf Sam Uley, he declined.

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...

The horror genre continues to be a major draw for audiences in movie theaters and on streaming. Most discussion of horror, however, is usually limited to movies, as there are far fewer TV shows in the genre that manage to break through. Though the 2000s was somewhat barren when it came to horror on the small screen, this changed in the 2010s. American Horror Story has been going strong now since 2011, for example, and the cancelled Channel Zero ran for four seasons starting in 2016. The Walking Dead universe also remains popular.

The rise of horror on TV really took off, however, with the rise of streaming and, specifically, the rise of Mike Flanagan. Flanagan brought shows like The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass, among others to life. Streaming allows filmmakers to push horror boundaries on TV, as has been seen recently with Teacup on Peacock.