David Farnor | On 26, Jul 2020

“We’re surrounded by monsters.” That’s the sound of Lovecraft Country coming to the screen in a new HBO series – and while previous trailers have focused on the very real terror of racism in America, this new video gives us a first look at Cthulhu, the terrifying monster ripped from H.P. Lovecraft’s work.

The drama, featuring Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael Kenneth Williams and Courtney B. Vance, is based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff. It follows Atticus Freeman as he joins his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.

The series is created by Jordan Peele (Get Out) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), who exec-produce alongside showrunner Misha Green (Underground), director Daniel Sackheim (Game of Thrones and True Detective), Ben Stephenson and Bill Carraro. The 10-part drama arrives on Monday 17th August on Sky Atlantic, within 24 hours of its US debut. Episodes will air weekly at 9pm, but will also be simulcast at 2am – which means you can watch each week’s episode on-demand whenever you want from then onwards. Don’t have Sky? You can also stream it on NOW.

The trailer was unveiled alongside the show’s Comic-Con At Home panel last night, with the cast joining together for a virtual discussion about the programme. You can watch the panel below – or, for more on Comic-Con At Home, see our guide to the Comic-Con At Home panels to watch out for and catch up with.

 

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Lovecraft Country lands in the UK this August

4th July 2020

Lovecraft Country will land on UK TV this August, Sky Atlantic has confirmed.

HBO’s horror drama, featuring Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael Kenneth Williams and Courtney B. Vance, is based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff. It follows Atticus Freeman as he joins his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. What follows is a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.

The series is created by Jordan Peele (Get Out) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), who exec-produce alongside showrunner Misha Green (Underground), director Daniel Sackheim (Game of Thrones and True Detective), Ben Stephenson and Bill Carraro. The 10 part series is produced by Bad Robot Productions and Monkeypaw Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Now, we finally have a release date, with Sky set to premiere the show on Sky Atlantic and NOW on Monday 17th August, following its broadcast on Sunday 16th August in the US. Episodes will then arrive weekly on Mondays, within 24 hours of the US debut.

 

Watch: Trailer for Misha Green and Jordan Peele’s Lovecraft Country

4th June 2020

“I love stories. Heroes go on adventures to other worlds to fight insurmountable odds. Stories are like a living thing.” That’s the sound of Misha Green and Jordan Peele heading to HBO for new series Lovecraft Country, and a trailer gives us a first look at the series.

Based on Matt Ruff ‘s novel of the same name, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

The series features familiar HBO faces such as Michael Kenneth Williams (HBO’s The Wire and Boardwalk Empire) as Atticus’ father, Montrose Freeman and Courtney B. Vance (HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, American Crime Story) as Atticus’ uncle George Freeman. Atticus himself will be played by Jonathan Majors (When We Rise).

The series is executive produced by Green (Underground, Helix), who also serves as showrunner, and Peele. alongside J.J. Abrams, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim and David Knoller.

The series premieres in August on HBO in the US, which means you can expect it on Sky Atlantic shortly after. Here’s the trailer:

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