'Lovecraft Country' Stars on Why Sci-Fi Series About the Black Experience Is 'Necessary' Viewing

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.

Lovecraft Country, HBO's gripping new horror series that's based on a novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, is packed to the Innsmouthian fish-person gills with allusions to classic horror, sci-fi, and adventure stories, as well as important works of Black literature and pop culture. The series premiere alone contains references to H.P.

Jurnee Smollett has made notable appearances on everything from to. Most recently she starred on co-creator Misha Green’s short-lived WGN America series and was enlisted to play Black Canary opposite Margot Robbie in.

is shining a light on buried histories of America. Created by Misha Green and executive produced by Jordan Peele and J.J.

Also Read: Monstrous Racists and Literal Monsters Come Out to Terrorize in HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' Trailer (Video)Based on Ruff’s book, “Lovecraft Country” follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father Montrose (Michael Kenneth Williams).

Jurnee Smollett has signed with CAA. The actress, previously with ICM, will next been seen in Jordan Peele's period sci-fi series Lovecraft Country on HBO.

Will Thorne Staff WriterWelcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV.Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them.

This Country stars Daisy May and Charlie Cooper are working on a new comedy series together.Speaking on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Daisy revealed that she and her brother are already part-way through writing the follow-up to their acclaimed BBC Three mockumentary.“Charlie and I have just started writing our new thing,” Cooper said.

Atticus (Jonathan Majors) loves pulp fiction. He loves that “the heroes get to go on adventures on other worlds… defeat the monsters, save the day.” A trimmed Korean war veteran, usually dressed in a t-shirt and slacks, he’s traveling from Florida back home to Chicago.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Lovecraft Country,” a new drama on HBO, begins with a scene of degradation; soldier Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) emerges from a foxhole to see a winged, tentacled creature flying overhead. Another fantastical monster is destroyed by Jackie Robinson, then reconstitutes itself to devour the pathbreaking baseball player when Atticus wakes up from this dream in the back seat of a segregated bus.

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.

The Hollywood Reporter Thursday, stating her support loud and clear: “I believe my brother.”“It’s been f—ing painful,” Smollett said of the legal proceedings that have surrounded her brother since he was accused of faking a hate crime and filing a false police report last year.

Peter White Television EditorLovecraft Country is a big-budget, epic genre adventure that wouldn’t have been possible without movies like Get Out and TV series such as Lost, according to showrunner Misha Green.Speaking at HBO’s panel session at the virtual TCA press tour, Green said, “I think this would have been incredibly hard to get on screen if Get Out hadn’t come out.

follows the adventures of Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia Lewis (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they travel across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of Atticus’ missing father (Michael K.

Also Read: Monstrous Racists and Literal Monsters Come Out to Terrorize in HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' Trailer (Video)Smollett, who plays Letitia Dandridge, agreed that monsters of the fantasy realm are easier for the characters to defeat than humans who hold racist ideologies.“What we explore in the show is how [with] a monster, you know what you get, right? If you see a Shoggoth, you kind of know what you’re up against.

After a relatively slow July, August is taking a similar route with a much smaller number of shows debuting than we are used to in 2020. That said, there’s still plenty of options, especially if you’re spending time also trying to catch up on this year’s Emmy nominations (might I suggest binging “What We Do in the Shadows” if you’re to pick just one to catch up to?).

San Diego Comic-Con is quite different than it has been in previous years because, well, it's not taking place in San Diego — at least not exclusively. As a result of the social distancing brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Comic-Con is instead taking place virtually.

We have our first clip of the upcoming HBO horror show “Lovecraft Country” and it is fittingly creepy. READ MORE: ‘Lovecraft Country’ Trailer: Horror Comes To 1950s Jim Crow America For Jurnee Smollett, Micheal Kenneth Williams & More The clip premiered at the show’s Comic-Con@Home panel on Saturday, and it shows Jonathan Majors‘ Atticus Freeman, Jurnee Smollett‘s Letitia and Courtney B.