“It is a program about the family in search of the family.”
During Comic-Con @ Home, HBO gave fans a first look at their upcoming series. Lovecraft Country. This is what we learned about the new show:
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First, Lovecraft Country It is adapted from Matt Ruff’s novel and follows Atticus, his uncle George, and his friend Leti as they tour Jim Crow America in the 1950s as they search for Atticus’ missing father.
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Ultimately, their quest becomes much more treacherous as they try to survive and overcome not only the racist terrors of White America, but monstrous creatures that have basically been ripped out of an HP Lovecraft novel.
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The series stars Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael Kenneth Williams, Courtney B. Vance, and Abbey Lee as Leti, Atticus, Hippolyta, Ruby, Montrose, George, and Christina, respectively.
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Also, Tony Goldwyn, Jamie Chung, Jamie Harris, and more appear throughout Season 1.
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Looking behind the camera Lovecraft Country It was created and written by Misha Green, who co-created Underground, and the show is produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams.
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The series uses science fiction and horror genres to explore so many themes and tell some powerful stories, including what it means to be black in America and the importance of family.
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Jurnee Smollett explained that the program “takes advantage of so many themes that we can explore about who we were as a nation, who we are now, who we were in Jim Crow America 1955 … There are so many themes that we explore in this program that resonates with us as black Americans in 2020 “
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Jurnee Smollett said this program is important right now because it deals with “the systemic racism on which our nation has been built,” said filming scenes involving police brutality. “[was]Of course a dark place to go, but it is necessary. “
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She explained: “It is something that reverberates through our DNA, this visceral connection to the oppression of our people and that is why we are still telling these stories. So, yes, when you take advantage of those stories as if we were tapping” . Within Lovecraft… There is a familiar emotion that provokes for sure.
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Michael Kenneth Williams said the really creepy and real monsters on the show help represent “everything that is dark and vile in society.”
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Basically if you’re a fan of Twilight Zone and how he used the horror and science fiction genres to tell “socially charged” stories, Lovecraft Country it’s 100% for you
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Michael Kenneth Williams said, “I was a huge fan of Twilight Zonewhich reminds me of the Lovecraft world. The socially charged mixed with the strange, I liked things like that. This was a very good reminder of Twilight Zone, in particular for me. “
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While many of the stories involve “Black Pain”, there are many moments of joy, including a beautiful “adult black love” scene between Hippolyta and George at the start of the pilot.
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Michael Kenneth Williams said the scene made an impact on him. He scoffed at the moment, saying, “[It’s] At the level of black love, you know the scoops and when she looks over her shoulder with that smile, and he’s hugging her. There is something so beautiful about that. Black love just grew and it was beautiful. “
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The cast of Lovecraft Country They consider themselves an off-screen family and came together because they not only had to be extremely vulnerable together, but also shared moments of humor and joy.
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Jonathan Majors said, “We made a family. There were days when the shit would go crazy on set, and it would be crazy, and it would be fun. And then, you know, we’d be crying over this and this.”
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In fact, Courtney B. Vance attributed the family dynamics that the cast has to the world and the atmosphere that Misha Green created both on and off screen.
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An important part of Hippolyta and George’s relationship actually involves writing a version of the Green Book and going out “to help continue. [book] and to map out new areas and new territories. “
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Aunjanue Ellis explained: “The Green Paper was this manual that was used by black people, black citizens, who gave an outline, places that were safe. Safe to eat, safe to go on vacation, restaurants, hotels, places that were open to them in the segregationist United States. So our family was involved in preparing that information that unfortunately blacks had to have during that time. “
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Jonathan Majors said he read the script twice when he first got it because he was surprised that this role was written “for a black man.” He loves that Atticus is multidimensional and the role allowed him to “explore not just archetypal ideas of what we tend to play.”
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Jonathan said, “It is not just this soldier, is it? That is quite common, right? But he is also a bibliophile. He can also travel, he is an adventurer, he has all these ideas. He has a strong body, he has a strong mind, he has a strong heart. “
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Meanwhile, Abbey Lee described her character, Christina, as “the agent of chaos” in this world, basically, “she is Karen.”
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Abbey went on to say, “I think she represents, on a larger scale, a kind of oppressed woman of the 1950s, who is breaking free from patriarchal society and a family she has been raised in, all while doing so with her white privilege. “
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Jurnee Smollett and Wunmi Mosaku have some musical moments in Lovecraft Country and it turned out to be a “real bonding experience” for them.
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On the show, the characters from Jurnee and Wunmi, Leti and Ruby, are two very different sisters, who find common ground through their love of music.
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And finally, in terms of filming with green screen monsters, Courtney B. Vance said those moments are “dumb” behind the scenes, but allowed her to relate to her “brothers and sisters.”
You can see the full Lovecraft Country Comic-Con @ Home panel here, which includes a preview.
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