With the new horror series Teacup now finally available to stream on Peacock, viewers have been wondering whether it is faithful to the source material on which it is based.
Executive-produced by horror master James Wan, the series follows a group of neighbors on a farm in rural Georgia who must put aside their differences and unite in the face of a mysterious and deadly threat.
What is Peacock's Teacup Based on?
The new Peacock series Teacup is based on the 1988 Robert McCammon novel Stinger.
The book has its core fanbase as it is well-received by many readers throughout the decades it's been available on the shelves. It currently holds a score of 3.90 on Goodreads.
The story takes place during a single twenty-four-hour period in Inferno, Texas. It is a town that is "driven to the brink by racial tension, gang violence, and a collapsing economy."
It focuses on an "unidentified spacecraft crash lands in the desert outside of town, followed by a second craft bearing the alien being who will soon be known as Stinger."
The titular Stinger is described as a "kind of interstellar hunter on a mission he intends to complete, whatever the cost. He brings with him an endless array of technological marvels and an infinite capacity for destruction that threaten the existence of Inferno, its inhabitants, and the larger world beyond."
Is Teacup Faithful to Its Source Material?
In an interview, showrunner Ian McCulloch confirmed that Teacup is a loose adaptation as it is "99.8%" different from Stinger.
While they took the building blocks of the story from the novel, the entire premise has a different outcome than what the readers may have experienced with the McCammon book.
"It was taking the basic conceit of the book and seeing if it would work. To my mind, the book exists. If you want the experience of the book, go read the book. This is a very different thing," the writer explained.
"To everybody’s credit, they let us, me and my writers, go as far as we wanted. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find more than two or three things that have survived from the book. But they are the basic building blocks of the story."
While this idea might sound worrying, especially to those who have read the books, viewers could still enjoy watching the series based on the critics' reviews that have been published so far.
Teacup currently holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 77% based on the 13 reviews they gathered so far. Viewers would likely give a thumbs up on the series, even if it's different from the novel.
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