Hulu wins rights to Locke & Key TV adaptation

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Any other Locke & Key readers here? Looks like the TV adaptation is finally going to happen?
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Hulu is making a Locke And Key pilot

After years in development, with one attempt getting rejected by Fox in 2011, it looks like the Locke And Key TV show is happening once again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carlton Cuse is developing a Locke And Key pilot for Hulu now, with Lindsey Springer and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson joining him as executive producers. If the project gets picked up, Cuse will serve as showrunner.

That’s a big “if,” given the history of attempts to adapt Locke And Key, but this one seems like it has a better chance than the others. Cuse is a big name in the world of genre TV, given that he worked as co-showrunner on Lost with Damon Lindelof and helped write a big chunk of the episodes. He’s also the showrunner for Bates Motel and The Strain, so he has plenty of experience with horror stories and twisty narratives. Plus, the original Locke And Key book was written by Joe Hill, who happens to be the son of Hulu favorite Stephen King. Hulu apparently won the rights in a “competitive” bidding war against Netflix, HBO, and FX, so it’s probably in the streaming service’s best interests to make the show happen.

This current iteration of the Locke And Key TV project has been in the works since May of last year, when Joe Hill and IDW Entertainment started working on a new pilot. The original books—and presumably the TV show—are about a family that escapes a serial killer and goes to live in the old family home in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, only to discover that the house contains scary magic doorways opened by magical keys.
 

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Anyone read this? I just picked up volume 1 of the trades after reading up on the glowing praise it's gotten. Even more surprised to find out that the writer is Stephen Kings son who lives a town over from me. I knew he was always trying to find a way out of dads shadow and it seems like he's beginning to carve out his own lane for himself.

Excited to dive in to this after I finish a couple other titles
 

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Don't use your father's last name so you can be your own man, but makes sure to tell everyone he is still your father.
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Don't use your father's last name so you can be your own man, but makes sure to tell everyone he is still your father.
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He's not forthcoming with that at all. People have connected the dots and now it's impossible for him to avoid the notoriety.

Dude lives a quiet life in a tiny town:yeshrug:.

He doesn't seem like he chases his fathers celebrity, if you even wanna call it that.


They're a strange family :russ:. Really cool and down to earth though, but just as out there as you would imagine:manny:
 
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