From Deadline today, June 1, 2026.
EXCLUSIVE: Gary Dauberman‘s Coin Operated has secured the rights to Robert R. McCammon’s horror short story Yellowjacket Summer as part of its discretionary fund, enlisting Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus to adapt the screenplay for a feature adaptation.
Read the full article on Deadline.
GraphicAudio will release the second half of their full-cast dramatization of Speaks the Nightbird on May 5, 2026 October 28, 2026. It can be pre-ordered from their site. Part 1 was released on January 13, 2026. They plan to produce dramatizations of the entire Matthew Corbett series. If you purchase from GraphicAudio, you can choose MP3 or FLAC downloads.
Speaks the Nightbird Part 2 of 2 at GraphicAudio
Speaks the Nightbird Part 2 of 2 at Audible
And if you missed it: Speaks the Nightbird Part 1 of 2 at GraphicAudio and at Audible
GraphicAudio has formally announced their full-cast audio adaptations of the Matthew Corbett series. Book one, Speaks the Nightbird, will be released in two parts. Part one will be released on January 13, 2026, and is available for pre-ordering now. It is approximately ten hours long.
The GraphicAudio presentation is adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects, and cinematic music.
GraphicAudio had previously adapted the Michael Gallatin and Trevor Lawson series.
Speaks the Nightbird, Part One of Two, at GraphicAudio
Speaks the Nightbird, Part One of Two, at Audible
GraphicAudio productions feature a narrator, a voice cast, music, and sound effects to bring stories to life (“A Movie in Your Mind,” as their slogan says). This deal was just announced, so there are no details available yet.
GraphicAudio previously produced adaptations of The Wolf’s Hour, The Hunter from the Woods, and the Trevor Lawson novellas.
News from Variety about the upcoming TV adaptation of Swan Song!
The series adaptation of the Robert McCammon novel “Swan Song” has found its writer, Variety has learned exclusively.
Russell Rothberg has boarded the project, which was first announced in January, to serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. The show is now being taken out to market.
While Teacup—the Peacock series very loosely-based on Robert McCammon’s Stinger—has already been cancelled after just one season, one aspect of the show that was done well is the special effects work by KNB EFX. Given that the ‘N’ in KNB EFX is Greg Nicotero, who is co-producing the upcoming Swan Song series, it’s a safe bet that KNB EFX will also be doing the effects for that show.
On December 30, 2024, the website Animation World Network published an article about the effects in Teacup, complete with a bunch of photos showing the concepts and how the effects were done.
Carey Jones Serves Up a Macabre Special Effects Brew for ‘Teacup’
Also, as Hollywood is wont to do these days, just six days after the first two episodes of Teacup were released, Peacock released this spoiler-filled video about the special effects for the show.
Here are two articles Kelly Kazek has written about Teacup, the new Peacock series inspired by Robert McCammon’s Stinger. Kelly met with Robert McCammon last week to discuss the series for AL.com.
AL.com: Horror series ‘Teacup’ based on book by Alabama author, debuts on Peacock
AL.com: Bestselling Alabama horror author discusses flourishing career, new Peacock show ‘Teacup’
Peacock has released the official trailer for Teacup, the series loosely-inspired by Robert McCammon’s Stinger. The first two episodes will be released on October 10, 2024.
New photos from the show can be found on VitalThrills and other sites.
According to the Australian website TV Central, Teacup, the Peacock TV series loosely-inspired by Stinger, will stream on BINGE in Australia.
Teacup on Binge – premieres Thursday 10 October on BINGE, available on Hubbl, and Friday 11 October at 9.30pm on Showcase and available On Demand.
