Sometimes you get some pleasant little surprises in this gig. You could be doing your due diligence on a throwaway news post, the day’s first coffee filming your teeth, muttering “Hmm… Teacup… what the hell is that?” and then you’re like “Oh, snap! It’s based on the novel Stinger by Robert R. McCammon! That book rules!”
My friends, today was such a day.
How to watch Teacup in New Zealand
Teacup is now streaming in New Zealand on TVNZ+. And none of you told me.
Teacup: Season 1
What is Teacup about?
Based on the novel by…well, we’ve covered that. Here’s a summary from the official synopsis: “Strange things are happening on the Chenoweths’ secluded Georgia farm. Their animals are spooked and restless. Their young son wandered into the woods and came back confused and changed. Stranger still, a mysterious man in a homemade gas mask arrives and starts spray-painting a blue line along the ground.”
The show seems to have shrunk the setting down from an entire town to a farm or two, so there’s a chance the casualty list has shrunk as well.
The cast of Teacup
You’ve got Underworld‘s Scott Speedman and The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Yvonne Strahovski as farming couple James and Maggie Chenoweth; Caleb Dolden and Émilie Bierre as their kids, Arlo and Meryl; and the great Kathy Baker as Ellen, James’ mum. There’s also Chaske Spencer, Diany Rodriguez, and Luciano Leroux as their neighbours, Ruben and Valeria Shanley respectively, plus son Nicholas.
Teacup trailer
Why we’re excited about Teacup
Hey, our man Luke Buckmaster liked it, and he’s a tough sell. Now, if only someone would have a crack at The Wolf’s Hour, McCammon’s top notch WWII werewolf thriller…
