We got a glimpse at Adrien Brody's new series Chapelwaite back in May thanks to some Epix images and a teaser. The outlook? The outlook? The San Diego Comic-Con @Home panel today revealed more information about the 10-episode series.AdvertisementHere's a summary of an Epix press release:Chapelwaite is set in 1850s and follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), as he moves his three children to Preachers Corners in Maine, after his wife died at sea. Ch arles will have to unravel the dark secrets of his family's past and fight for the end to the darkness that has plagued them for generations.[Emily] Hampshire portrays Rebecca Morgan, a young woman who leaves Preachers Corners in order to attend Mount Holyoke College. She has returned home with an award to write a story about Atlantic Magazine. Boone comes to town with his children and her writers block is lifted. Rebecca, despite her mother's protests, applies to become the governess at the Chapelwaite manor, as well as the Boone family, in order to write about them. Rebecca will be able to not only write the next great Gothic novel but also unravel a mystery that has haunted her family for years.Brody and Hampshire were among the panelists at SDCC 2021. Jason Filardi and Peter Filardi were also executive producers. The first task is to sort out the confusing title. Many people mistake Jerusalems Lot as the cousin or brother of [Kings vampire story] Salems Lot. But they are vastly different. Jason Filardi explained that Jerusalems Lot is set in 1850s Maine. It's mostly a series letters between Charles Boone (and his friend Bones), which chronicles Charles Boone's journey to Maine and how he takin g for the ancestral home he inherited.It is amazing to look back on the story after we had shot it. There are so many elements that I believe Peter and Jason captured, and they managed to incorporate them all. Brody also said that he wanted to play Boone for a long time before joining the project. St ephen's writing is so cinematic and visually that you can feel the tension and foreboding. [In this story], when things begin to unravel for the characters, the setting of a superstitious town in the 1850s j ust raises it in a way which feels very real and inescapable. It's great for the audience to be able to jump into another time and see all the helpless people.Hampshire (Schitts Creek), though her character is not in the Jerusalems Lot story, had her own way to tie Rebecca into the source material. She is not in the original story, but she is writing this gothic book. I have always thought of her like Stephen King would be Rebecca Morgan if he were a woman in 1850s. She is a modern woman, especially since she was educated in that period. I like how she questions everything and shakes it up.AdvertisementThe threat to the characters (other then the human stuff being unwelcoming for Boones mixed race children) is intentionally kept vague in Chapelwaite. Mental illness? Worms? Worms? Executive producers teased that the slow-burn build would not let the audience know what was happening before the story demands a reveal. The antagonist is a kind of interpersonal terror or threat that evolves or devolves depending on the case. It then evolves into a sort of cosmic horror which is obviously very Lovecr aftian [as it is] in this short story. Peter Filardi explained. It's fun to change the antagonist's face to keep it interesting for 10 hours.Chapelwaite arrives on Epix August 22.Are you curious about where our RSS feed went. The new one can be found here.
