Lovecraft Country (TV series)
Lovecraft Country is an American horror drama television series developed by Misha Green based on and serving as a continuation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff. Starring Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors, it premiered on August 16, 2020, on HBO.[2] The series is produced by Monkeypaw Productions, Bad Robot Productions, and Warner Bros. Television Studios. The series is about a young Black man who travels across the segregated United States in the 1950s in search of his missing father, learning of dark secrets plaguing a town on which famous horror writer H. P. Lovecraft supposedly based the location of many of his fictional tales. While a second season, Lovecraft Country: Supremacy, was in development, HBO announced in July 2021 that the series had been canceled.[3]
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Based on | Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff |
Developed by | Misha Green |
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Music by | Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq |
Ending theme | "Sinnerman" by Alice Smith |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 53–68 minutes |
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Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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Original network | HBO |
Original release | August 16 – October 18, 2020 |