Netflix is moving forward with its adaptation of Locke and Key, based on the IDW graphic novel series of the same name. Following a rocky start which bounced the show from Hulu to Netflix, its new home implemented some creative changes before moving forward with the 10-episode first season.
Hollywood Reporter details the changes. Meredith Averill (The Good Wife) will join Carlton Cuse (Jack Ryan, Lost) as co-showrunners, while Aaron Eli Coleite (Star Trek: Discovery) will serve as executive producer. Coleite also rewrote the pilot episode with comic author Joe Hill. The original pilot was written by Cuse and Hill before Hulu passed, prompting the changeover and rewrite. A new director has not been announced, and the show will be recast.
Locke and Key is a fantasy series with strong gothic horror themes, following the Locke family's three siblings. Following a tragedy, the family moves back to their father's home in Maine. The house holds secrets in the form of keys that unlock a wide array of magical properties, but a demon has its sights set on their power.
The graphic novel series was a critical success, having been nominated and won multiple Eisner and British Fantasy Award accolades. The setting of Maine as a gothic horror backdrop has its own family connection as well, as author Joe Hill is the pen name of Joseph Hillstrom King--the son of horror author Stephen King. The comic was illustrated by Gabriel RodrÃguez.
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