A prominent The Handmaid’s Tale star is cast in the upcoming James Wan series Teacup, which is an adaptation of the 1988 novel Stinger.
Summary
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Teacup
, produced by James Wan, casts Yvonne Strahovski for a mysterious leading role in a horror adaptation of the novel
Stinger
. - The story, originally set in a Texas town facing alien threats, will now unfold in rural Georgia, promising a thrilling survival tale.
- With Wan as executive producer, along with director E.L. Katz and writer Ian McCulloch, Teacup is set to be a promising TV series on Peacock.
Upcoming show Teacup adds an actor from The Handmaid’s Tale to its cast. From visionary producer James Wan, Teacup is a TV adaptation of the 1988 Robert McCammon novel Stinger. Teacup is set to debut on Peacock but does not yet have a release date.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Teacup has cast The Handmaid’s Tale’s Yvonne Strahovski in a role in the Wan horror show. The exact nature of Strahovski’s role in the show has yet to be revealed, but she is said to be leading the series.
What To Expect from Teacup
The novel Stinger takes place over a single-day period in a Texas town that is rattled with issues surrounding gang violence, racial tensions, and poverty. The issues in this already-cracked town are exposed when two UFOs crash on the outskirts of the town, the second bringing with it an alien known as Stinger. As the town faces their own internal battles, they must also now face this external threat as Stinger brings with him advanced technology and great powers of destruction of the town.
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The exact plot of Teacup has yet to be confirmed, but it is known that the story will move from Texas to rural Georgia. It will be a horror-thriller that focuses on a group of people’s plight to survive as they face an external threat. Whether they will follow the conceit of the book and lay out events over the course of a 24-hour period still remains to be seen, but likely that timeline will be expanded as Teacup makes a full TV series out of Stinger.
Wan, the visionary horror voice behind works like Saw and The Conjuring, will executive produce the series. Co-producing with Wan is The Haunting of Bly Manor’s E.L. Katz, who is also expected to direct the series. Yellowstone writer Ian McCulloch will write the script for Teacup. While there is still a lot left to discover about Teacup, the series has found a strong lead in Strahovski.
Source: THR
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
