The Trailer For HBO’s Lovecraft Country Reveals a Series That’s Sadly Perfectly Timed

We all can see with our own eyes what’s happening in America right now. In the middle of a global pandemic that has devastated the world and the country, taking the lives of more than 100,000 Americans and disproportionately affecting Black, Hispanic, Latino and Indigenous communities, we are also witnessing protests against police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police Department. In the entertainment industry, it’s for this reason that Warner Bros. has made their January release Just Mercy, about trailblazing civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, free to rent. It’s for this reason why major stars like John Boyega, who was born in London to parents of Nigerian descent, have made their voices heard loud and clear. And it’s into this reality that HBO has revealed the teaser for Lovecraft Country, a series that follows three Black Americans driving cross-country in 1950s Jim Crow America in search of a missing father.

Lovecraft Country is based on the book by Matt Ruff and tracks the journey of a young veteran named Atticus (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett), and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they search for Atticus’ missing father (Michael K. Williams) through the Jim Crow-era South. Hardly just a (dangerous) road trip show, Lovecraft Country digs beneath the rotting foundations of America and brings up the ghosts, monsters, and more.

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