Locke & Key Adaptation Gets Netflix Premiere Date, Disturbing Poster
Locke & Key will no longer be under, well, you know: Netflix on Wednesday announced that Season 1 of the lonnng-gestating adaptation will be released on Friday, Feb. 7.
Based on the IDW Comics’ graphic novels by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, the 10-episode series hails from Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) and Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House), who will executive-produce alongside Hill. The official logline reads as follows:
After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them.
Scandal vet Darby Stanchfield stars as the aforementioned matriarch, Nina Locke, while Connor Jessup (American Crime), Jackson Robert Scott (IT) and Emilia Jones (Horrible Histories) play siblings Tyler, Bode and Kinsey. Bill Heck (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) rounds out the eponymous fam as dead dad Rendell.
Additional cast members include Laysla De Oliveira (The Gifted) as Dodge, Thomas Mitchell Barnet (In the Dark) as Sam Lesser, Griffin Gluck (American Vandal) as Gabe, Coby Bird (The Good Doctor) as Rufus Whedon and Sherri Saum (The Fosters) as Ellie Whedon.
Scroll down to view the creepy Season 1 key art, then hit the comments and tell us if you’ll be adding Locke & Key to your Netflix watch list.
I’m so excited. I love this series. I’m hoping it will be able to convey the same creepiness from the graphic novels.
Looking forward to this. I listened to the Audio drama from Audible a few years ago and that was good. So this could be great
I’ve been waiting for this series since the ‘original’ pilot, made a few years back for Fox, didn’t get picked up, even though the reviews were all good. I’ve always felt this property had great potential.
Uber excited for this adaptation, but not sure why they think the trailer art is disturbing. Sounds like this was written by someone who hasn’t read the series.
Right; I thought exactly the same thing! This poster is exactly what it should be based on the book — the Head Key goes into the back of the neck. 😂
If it looked any different we who LOVE the books would freak out, right? Ha!
I am so excited to finally see this get off the ground . . . .
I can’t wait. Right up my alley.
… and here I am, still waiting for the 2011 pilot to get leaked somehow :(