'Lovecraft Country' Claims First Major Victim: "There Is No Success Without a Successor"

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s Lovecraft County episode ‘A History of Violence’ on HBO. Tread carefully.EXCLUSIVE: “There was an operative sentence that came to me at the beginning, and it had to do with Jurnee Smollett calling me on a Saturday early early early in the morning,” explains director Victoria Mahoney of how she came to direct tonight’s ‘A History of Violence’ episode of Lovecraft Country.“She said a sentence

Lovecraft Country…well, get on it. The HBO series, which airs Sunday nights at 9 p.m., stars Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors in a twisty sci-fi drama set in 1950s Jim Crow America.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterHollywood may never look the same after the coronavirus pandemic, but a relic of the old world has been returned to one major Hollywood agency: full paychecks.UTA has become the first of the big four to reinstate full salaries, after reducing compensation across the board this spring — a cost-cutting measure that many talent shops took to brace for the economic beating delivered by COVID-19.In a Wednesday memo to staff, agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer said employees

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Jurnee Smollett) tag along. On their road trip, the trio encounters the real racial terrors of Jim Crow America, along with more fantastical ones.

[This story contains spoilers for the second episode of HBO's Lovecraft Country, "Whitey's on the Moon."] "You're darker than I expected." Those are the words Samuel Braithwhite (Tony Goldwyn) greets Tic (Jonathan Majors) with upon their first meeting in "Whitey's on the Moon," the second episode of HBO's Lovecraft Country — and it's a line that immediately informed Goldwyn's interpretation of the Order of the Ancient Dawn cult leader.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” Atticus Freeman, played by Jonathan Majors, is in 1950s America, in the era of Jim Crow laws, driving on a quest to find his missing father.Cars play a vital role in the series, as production designer Kalina Ivanov points out, “Black people used cars in the ’50s as a means to survive.” And as we see in the first episode, Atticus finds himself encountering a racist sheriff played by Jamie Harris, who reminds Atticus he’s driving through a

Lovecraft Country, HBO's genre-melding new horror drama, has a predominately Black cast, which is rare to see in mainstream horror, sci-fi or any of the the other pulp genres the series operates in. Showrunner Misha Green, using author Matt Ruff's book as a template, consciously put her flag down for Black people on the cosmic horror subgenre of 1900s horror writer H.P.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHBO’s “Lovecraft Country” has already made history for its entirely online orchestral score, co-composed by Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq.But for noted musical multitasker Saadiq – with a resume that includes a Grammy (and 15 nominations), a 2018 Oscar nom, nine studio albums (five as a solo act, four with previous group Tony! Toni! Toné!) and countless hits as a writer/producer for artists like D’Angelo, Solange, Mary J.

Angelique Jackson Jonathan Majors is relishing his opportunity to play a new brand of hero on HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” where the actor stars as Atticus “Tic” Freeman, a Korean war veteran whose love of sci-fi and fantasy novels turns (maybe a bit too) realistic after he returns home to look for his missing father.From the HBO series’ opening sequence — which Majors says “blew his mind” when watching it on-screen —  it was clear that Atticus and Majors had stepped into a brave new world.“The

HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” is believed to be the first-ever series scored from start to finish by musicians recording remotely from their homes.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe series premiere of “Lovecraft Country” scared up decent numbers for HBO.“Lovecraft Country” premiered to 760,000 total viewers in its 9 p.m. linear slot on the premium cabler, which isn’t too far behind the premiere of “Watchmen,” which drew 800,000 viewers.

Also Read: 'Lovecraft Country' Star Jonathan Majors on Premiere's Ardham Twist: 'S- Is About to Get Funky'“Lovecraft Country” drew 766,000 viewers for its 9 p.m. debut that aired on the HBO TV channel Sunday night.Based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, “Lovecraft Country” follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B.

Jon Burlingame “Can you believe that’s an online orchestra?” asks composer Laura Karpman.She’s talking about the musical score of HBO’s new “Lovecraft Country,” which debuted Sunday night and is believed to be the first post-pandemic series to be entirely scored, from first episode to last, by musicians recording remotely from their homes.Together with musical partner Raphael Saadiq, Karpman scored the 10-part series in which three African-Americans drive across 1950s America experiencing not

HBO’s new series “Lovecraft Country” — and is joined by nightmarish beasts from the works of author H.P. Lovecraft.In the series, produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams, stars Jonathan Majors, Courtney B.

The Count of Monte Cristo or Bram Stoker's Dracula, you may instantly conjure up images of white male protagonists at the center of a haunting narrative. And to that end, road trip films and TV series also typically have white male leads.