In a Q+A sent to press by HBO, Green explained how she was working on Underground when her agents suggested that she might want to adapt a book called Lovecraft Country. Green, a talented writer who's previous project was the underrated and critically-acclaimed series Undergound, is Lovecraft Country's showrunner. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions, and together it was decided this was the right mix for a big ol' TV show.Īnd while the major names of Peele and Abrams were the headliners when the series was first announced, it's Misha Green who's running the show. But the right people saw it, clearly, because in 2017 Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions brought the book to J.J. The book was well-received, and while it was successful in genre circles, it didn't quite land on any New York Times bestseller lists. When author Matt Ruff's pulpy, historical fiction/sci-fi/horror/fantasy genre-bender of a novel Lovecraft Country was released in 2016, it wasn't immediately a massive hit. Here are all the biggest changes, and points of comparison, between HBO's Lovecraft Country and the novel by Matt Ruff. Showrunner Misha Green says Ruff's book was "a beautiful jumping-off point" for the series. HBO's new series Lovecraft Country is based upon the book of the same name by Matt Ruff, which was released in 2016. Spoiler warning: The following story contains spoilers for HBO's Lovecraft Country.
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