Early Bird Registrations are now open for Camp NEcon 43. Robert McCammon and Ellen Datlow will be in attendance as “Necon Legends.” NEcon 43 will take place from July 17 through July 20, 2025, at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
For more information, please visit the Camp Necon website. Slots fill quickly, so if you’re interested in attending, now’s the time.
Reader Tom Finnegan was able to attend the Teacup panel at San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, and he sent in his self-described “fanboy review,” along with photos he took.
Here’s Tom:
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the panel for the new Peacock Series Teacup at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Based on Robert McCammon’s fantastic book Stinger. Ballroom 20 at the San Diego Convention Center is the second biggest room there. A pretty big place, I believe it seats around 5,000 people. I was happily surprised to see the place about three-quarters full! I hope everyone has read through all the different summaries of today’s panel on the different entertainment sites. I am just going to chime in with some additional things that stayed with me.
The panel was comprised of moderator Damian Holbrook, Creator Ian McCulloch, stars Scott Speedman, Yvonne Strahovski, and Chaske Spencer, as well as the awesome director James Wan.
The first subject they addressed was that the series, comprised of eight thirty-minute episodes, does not stick to the book. McCulloch said he wanted to focus more on what he felt was the primary characters to make the story shorter and more intense. I can assure you after seeing the trailers, this one will be intense! The trailer they showed was edited to reduce the gore (with respect to the under 18 crowd in attendance), and it was still quite gory!
First two episodes drop October 10th, with the remainder apparently coming two at a time every couple weeks after that.
Taking place over 48 hours, the compacted story did have McCammon as a producer, so we can be assured this will get his blessing. While the story covers 48 hours, of course it took many months to create. Shot on the outskirts of Atlanta, GA, the production took place on a one hundred and twenty-acre farm that used existing and newly-constructed buildings for filming. I found it interesting that they had to have a crew that was dedicated to getting leaves on the trees (one way or another, not sure how), as they fell during the seasons! They also had to deal with the different seasons and accompanying temperatures during filming.
They tried to stay tight-lipped about the story, so as not to give any spoilers. They did show a teacup being placed over a wasp that was on a window, trapping it in. Those who have read the story may understand this. That is all I have to say about that!
This was the first production done at the then-brand-new Assembly Studios and done by the fantastic Atomic Studios. Coming out on Peacock Streaming, you will definitely want to check this one out!
Fanboy Tom Finnegan
Tom also sent these photos in:
Collider: Atomic Monster’s New Horror Series ‘Teacup’ Will Be the “Fastest Slow Burn” on Television
The article above is culled from this video interview:
Peacock’s presentation at San Diego Comic-Con was held earlier today, and they released a teaser trailer for the show.
From The Hollywood Reporter:
Peacock‘s forthcoming horror series Teacup revealed its premiere date and frightening first footage — but not too much else — during its panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday.
Executive producers James Wan (Saw, Aquaman) and Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) and stars Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman and Chaske Spencer took part in the event for the series, and they all remained fairly tight-lipped to avoid giving away too much. Teacup is set to launch with its first two half-hour episodes on Oct. 10, followed by two episodes being released weekly through Halloween.
Hailing from Wan’s banner Atomic Monster, Teacup adapts author Robert McCammon’s book Stinger and centers on a group of individuals in rural Georgia who must put their differences aside to survive a mysterious threat. During the panel, McCulloch explained that the series pared down the sprawling book to make it feel more focused on specific characters.
To read the rest of the article, visit The Hollywood Reporter:
James Wan’s Horror Series ‘Teacup’ Reveals Gruesome First Footage at Comic-Con
There are also articles and photos at Deadline, Entertainment Weekly, Fangoria, People, Variety, The Wrap, and IGN.
IGN reports on Peacock’s plans for San Diego Comic-Con later this month, and those plans include a big promotion of Teacup, the upcoming series inspired by Robert McCammon’s Stinger.
Robert McCammon visited the set of Teacup a couple of weeks ago. It’s my understanding that they’re wrapping up filming of the first season. I believe the series will be released for streaming on Peacock sometime in 2025.
From the IGN article:
Exclusive: Peacock’s San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Plans Include Panels, a Chariot Race Experience and the Paris Olympics
Peacock returns to San Diego Comic-Con in a big way this month to tout their upcoming shows Those About to Die and Teacup.
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THURSDAY, JULY 25
FIRST LOOK AT PEACOCK’S HORROR-THRILLER SERIES TEACUP
Join executive producers James Wan and Ian McCulloch and stars Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, and Chaske Spencer for an exclusive sneak peek at Peacock and Atomic Monster’s upcoming original horror series Teacup – a terrifying tale following a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive.
WHEN: 1:45 – 2:45 PM PT
WHERE: Ballroom 20
