Regardless of being praised by critics as one of many greatest horror collection of 2024, Peacock has canceled “Teacup” after one season, Selection stories this afternoon.
The collection debuted in October 2024 and was govt produced by James Wan and impressed by Robert McCammon’s Stinger.
It adopted a disparate group of individuals on a ranch who should come collectively within the face of a mysterious menace with a view to survive. Because the showrunner beforehand revealed, it was solely loosely based mostly on the novel that impressed it, as a substitute choosing a extra cerebral, paranoid tackle the fabric.
Scott Speedman (The Strangers), Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Story”), and Chaske Spencer (“Jessica Jones”, The Twilight Saga), Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux star in “Teacup.”
As I wrote in my assessment, “The inaugural season is self-contained, trapping its characters in a claustrophobic bubble of oncoming terror and interpersonal drama. It’s an intriguing world the place you come to like the characters, warts and all. They’re all good of their respective methods, and all of it makes for a gripping reinvention of the trendy western, one with a distinctly devastating horror twist.” Whereas the season ended with a hook that opened up this world, introducing a a lot bigger conspiracy afoot, at the very least the storylines are principally wrapped so there are not any main free ends to mourn.
The collection additionally boasted spectacular expertise behind the lens, with administrators together with E. L. Katz (Low-cost Thrills, Azrael) and Chloe Okuno (Watcher and V/H/S/94’s “Storm Drain”).
As Selection notes, Peacock doesn’t reveal viewership knowledge so it’s onerous to gauge the collection’ viewers, but it surely did fail to make a dent on the Nielsen High 10 streaming charts. It’s additionally price noting that James Wan and Peacock are nonetheless collaborating on an untitled techno-thriller collection.
