Teacup is based on a 1988 science fiction book, but don’t expect too many similarities.

The show is actually based on a 1988 sci-fi book by Robert McCammon calledStinger.

Needless to say, don’t expect that premise to play out accurately in the new streaming series.

Peacock, Teacup

What if I took everything that was big and made it small?

What if I took the cast of an entire town and made it about three families?

So I had conversations with him.

Yvonne Strahovski, who portrays Maggie Chenoweth in Teacup

I said you’re a maximalist writer.

I’m a minimalist writer.

This is what I want to do.

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And you know, to his credit, he was on board.

He came to set, he had a blast."

They’re really something else.

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So yeah, the whole thing was unique.

And I think it’s not much more than that here.

I think there’s just a lot of the right people making the right show.

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And I think there is a broad appeal once we get into it…

It is very thrilling."

Teacupstarts streaming on Peacock on October 10.

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