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Lovecraft Country is an American black horror historical fantasy drama television series developed by Misha Green based on and serving as a continuation of the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff. Starring Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors , it premiered on August 16, 2020, on HBO . [ 3 ]
Matthew Theron Ruff (born September 8, 1965) is an American author of thriller, science fiction and comic novels, including The Mirage and Lovecraft Country, the latter having been adapted in 2020 by HBO into a TV series.
Lovecraft Country is a 2016 dark fantasy black horror novel by American writer Matt Ruff, exploring the conjunction between the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and racism in the United States during the era of Jim Crow laws, as experienced by black science fiction fan Atticus Turner and his family.
Adapted from Matt Ruff's bestselling 2016 novel, Lovecraft Country follows the adventures of Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia Lewis (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George ...
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Lovecraft Country," a new drama on HBO, begins with a scene of degradation; soldier Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) emerges from a foxhole to see a winged, tentacled ...
“‘Lovecraft Country’ is a [story] about a family,” says series star Jonathan Majors, “a Black family making their way through a world full of obstacles … and [answers] the question of ...
Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi refers to the area as the Miskatonic region, after its fictional river and university. [1] Lovecraft biographer Lin Carter calls it Miskatonic County, [2] [page needed] and the film Color Out of Space refers to it as Arkham County, although Lovecraft indicates that at least some of his fictional towns were located in the real-life Essex County of Massachusetts.
Lovecraft Country is shining a light on buried histories of America. Similar to Watchmen, the superhero series that takes place in an alternative version of U.S. history, Lovecraft Country blends ...