The long-awaited live-action adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s bestselling comic book series, published by IDW, “Locke and Key” has finally seen the day of light. Thanks to Netflix of course. The new Netflix Original Series, “Locke and Key” will be releasing all 10 of its episodes on February 7, 2020. Netflix has also released an official poster for the series which you can check out below.
Fans of Locke and Key have highly anticipated this series’ debut, after being passed up by Fox and Hulu. At one point in time, a live-action adaptation of the comic book was slated to be released as a feature film by Universal. After Hulu put a cast together and ordered a pilot for their version of a potential series, they passed on it. Netflix then picked up the series, reworked the scripts, brought in an entirely new cast, which consists of Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup, and Emilia Jones who play the Locke siblings and their mother respectively.
Locke and Key follows the story of the Locke siblings and their mother who move into the mysterious Keyhouse after the death of their father/husband respectively. Events transpire in the Keyhouse when these magical keys are found. Keys that could potentially be connected to the death of the father/husband of they Locke household.
Locke and Key arrives on Netflix on February 7.
Source: Netflix, Variety