Yvonne Strahovski has landed her next series project.
The Handmaid’s Tale star will lead the cast for Teacup, a horror thriller series at Peacock that counts James Wan among its executive producers. Strahovski will also be a producer on the project, which is inspired by author Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger.
Teacup will center on a group of people in rural Georgia (replacing the novel’s Texas setting) who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Strahovski will play a character named Maggie Chenoweth.
Ordered to series in late 2022, Teacup comes from Universal Studio Group’s UCP and Wan’s Atomic Monster banner. Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) adapted the novel, and E.L. Katz (The Haunting of Bly Manor) is set to direct the first episode.
McCulloch also executive produces with Wan and Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Rob Hackett, Katz, McCammon, Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen.
As for Strahovski’s current job, The Handmaid’s Tale, the Hulu drama’s final season is set to begin filming in the summer, star and executive producer Elisabeth Moss said in a January appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Strahovski has earned two Emmy nominations for her role as Serena Joy Waterford on the series. Her credits also include The Tomorrow War, 24: Live Another Day and NBC’s Chuck. Strahovski is repped by Paradigm, AFA Prime Talent Media, R&CPMK, and attorney Gretchen Rush.
