The Locke & Key TV series project has had a rough time, but its troubles finally appear to be over, thanks to Netflix.
Back in July 2016, THR revealed that Hulu gave the show adaptation of writer Joe Hill’s IDW horror comic book series a pilot order, with Carlton Cuse (Lost) set to serve as showrunner. Auspiciously, Andy Muschietti (It, Mama) was on tap to direct the pilot, after Doctor Strange‘s Scott Derrickson had to withdraw.
Unfortunately, after all that, Hulu passed on the project! However, Netflix eventually came to the rescue… even if said rescue has involved scrapping Hulu’s pilot. Regardless, the Locke & Key TV series is finally happening – it’s now officially been greenlit as a 10-episode series by the streaming giant!
While Netflix originally rescued the wayward comic-book-adapting project this past May, after Hulu shot a pilot that was subsequently passed over for a pickup, the new move has indeed involved the aforementioned crucial caveats that will bring the project back to the drawing board. Netflix’s series order comes with the confirmation that its Locke & Key will re-cast all the characters while redevelopment on the scripts takes place, and that the Hulu pilot – which starred Frances O’Connor and was directed by It helmer Muschietti, who’s too busy with the sequel to handle the mulligan now anyway – will be completely ditched.
Interestingly, Netflix is opting to keep the Hulu iteration’s creative fulcrum, Joe Hill, who remains onboard as creator/writer/executive producer. The same goes for showrunner Carlton Cuse, known from Lost, The Strain, Bates Motel and Amazon’s upcoming Jack Ryan series. Cuse is now joined in that capacity by Meredith Averill, who’s worked on Jane The Virgin, Star-Crossed and The Good Wife, along with Netflix’s upcoming TV series horror reboot The Haunting Of Hill House.
More as we get it.