Lovecraft Country New trailer - Plot synopsis: LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff of the same name, follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.



directed by Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim, Cheryl Dunye, Victoria Mahoney, David Petrarca (various episodes)

starring Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Kenneth Williams, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jamie Chung, Jamie Neumann, Mac Brandt

release date August 16, 2020 (on HBO and HBO MAX)