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T10 WHATS UP! August 16 - 22, 2020 as the series opens. Her half- sister Ruby (Mosaku) is also a hustler, but she's much less successful, and their family loyalty is put to the test as Ruby receives an offer that is too irresistible to decline. There are so many layered and compelling characters in "Lovecraft Country" that you'll find it hard to wait between episodes. Hippolyta Freeman (Ellis) is a housewife who has led a boring life thus far but has some serious adventure planned out for herself. Her ef- forts to go down these unex- plored paths will take her to great heights — literally. Else- where, Eustice Hunt (Harris) is a county sheriff with tons of NAACP complaints against him. He, of course, finds an en- emy in Atticus. "Lovecraft Country," the nov- el, was first published in 2016 by Harper Collins. Publishers were impressed with Ruff, the author of the book, who they said had an uncanny grip on traditional horror themes and an ability to use those motifs to underscore the bigotry and ha- tred that are the most traumatic features of the story. Critics have described the work as "a series of bizarre chimerical adventures" and a "merrily macabre pastiche," and the novel is often lavished with the same awe and respect as the author's earlier works. The novel's characters have been described as noble and resilient spirits. Like its televi- sion adaptation, the novel in- terlocks racial issues and fright, combining horror with hope and ambition, all with a touch of an alternate, transdi- mensional reality. HBO picked up the rights to "Lovecraft Country" in 2017, a year after the novel was pub- lished. Just a year later, principal photography for the series start- ed in Chicago, which was also where most of the filming took place, specifically at the Chica- go Cinespace Film Studios and in White Pines State Park. The premiere episode, "Sun- down," was helmed by French- Algerian director Yann De- mange ("Top Boy"), the genius behind the successful TV se- ries "Dead Set." Demange's di- rectorial film debut was also a smash hit among critics, an in- dependent movie entitled "'71," which premiered in 2014 and earned him the British In- dependent Film Award for Best Director. The second and third epi- sodes of "Lovecraft Country," "Whitey's on the Moon" and "Holy Ghost," were directed by Daniel Sackheim. The Em- my-winning director's list of impressive directorial and production credits include ep- isodes of iconic series such as "Law & Order," "House," "NYPD Blue," "Game of Thrones," "The Walking Dead" and "The Americans." Most recently, his work on Netflix's "Ozark" garnered him an Emmy nomination. Jordan Peele ("Get Out," 2017) and J.J. Abrams ("Lost") are co- executive producers for the new "Lovecraft County" series, with Misha Green ("Underground") acting as showrunner. Settle in for an intense night in when HBO's newest series, "Lovecraft Country," pre- mieres Sunday, Aug. 16, on the specialty cable channel. Jonathan Majors stars in "Lovecraft Country" continued from page T2 Terrifying truth: HBO's newest drama mixes fictional horror with the reality of American racism TV FEATURE