HBO has announced the premiere date for the highly-anticipated TV show Lovecraft Country.
Hailing from showrunner and executive producer Misha Green, Lovecraft Country will debut on HBO on Sunday, August 16 from 9:00 to 10:00 ET/PT. The show will proceed to air the subsequent episodes in its ten-episode run on Sundays in that time slot. Each episode of Lovecraft Country will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, 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). Their search-and-rescue turns into a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and monstrous creatures reminiscent of the creations of H.P. Lovecraft.
Executive produced by Jordan Peele, Yann Demange and J.J. Abrams, Lovecraft Country stars Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris, Wunmi Mosaku and Michael Kenneth Williams. Recurring guests include Courtney B. Vance, Jamie Chung, Jamie Neumann, Jordan Patrick Smith and Tony Goldwyn.
Lovecraft Country begins airing on August 16 on HBO.