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Scott Speedman Gets Kidnapped in Spooky ‘Teacup’ Trailer

Scott Speedman Gets Kidnapped in Spooky ‘Teacup’ Trailer

Don’t cross the line.

Here is the trailer for it Teacupcoming soon Peacock horror master series James Wanwants you to know.

In the trailer for the horror-thriller (below) Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale) And Scott Fast Man (Grey’s Anatomy), a boy (Caleb Dolden) goes for a walk and is forever changed by what he sees.

“He says we’re stuck,” Strahovski’s character tells him. Who is he? “The man in my head. We need to hide… because he’s coming. And he’s killing everything in his path.”

First look, lasting over two minutes Teacup is eerily set to Harry Nilsson’s “Think About Your Troubles.” The animals are frightened. And an anonymous figure draws a line that, if crossed, will lead to a gruesome death. Speedman’s character is warned by a stranger wearing a gas mask to trust no one before being abducted by a shadowy figure in a basement.

Teacup has been a source of inspiration New York Times best selling novel Needle Written by Robert McCammon, the series follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who are forced to band together in the face of a mysterious threat to survive.

Teacup It premieres on October 10 with eight 30-minute episodes. Two episodes are released each week, concluding on Halloween.

Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Emilie Bierre and Luciano Leroux round out the cast.

Teacup Released first look at Comic-Conwhere the crew talked about the disgusting elements in the series. Strahovski recalled feeling sick after seeing a particularly graphic prosthetic. “It made me really sick,” he admitted. And Speedman, while working on Teacup Reminded of starring in 2008 horror film Foreigners.

So, why did the title change? Needle with TeacupProducer Ian McCulloch said sharing the reasons would “contain too many spoilers” but “if you watch the first few episodes, all will be revealed”.

McCulloch, in a note to the press, said: Teacup the adaptation is now “its own thing: a puzzle-box mystery, a thrilling thriller, I can’t but I have to Look, it’s a horror story, a family drama, a sci-fi epic — of the keyhole variety, of course. But it’s as singular, strange and surprising as I hoped. Teacup All you have to do is peel back the layers, the characters, the situations, the mythology, and enjoy the thrills, the chills, the sharp turns, and that amazes you Do all of this and you’ll see that, in essence, Teacup still has a lot on his shoulders Needle. Just as it should be.”

Wan added in his note: “Teacup defies easy labels. A genre-bending blend of horror, mystery and drama, its layers unravel like a fascinating puzzle. It goes beyond the creepy and thrilling moments and holds a mirror up to humanity, exploring the darkness that lies within us all.”

Teacup Produced by Wan’s Atomic Monster is with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group. McCulloch (Yellowstone, Auxiliary, Chicago Fire Department) wrote and directed the episodes with E. L. Katz; Wan, McCammon, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett for Atomic Monster; Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen producing.