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Locke & Key (TV)

6/22/11 - After being picked up and then dropped by FOX, the Locke & Key pilot isn’t quite dead yet. It will be screening at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 22, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  The pilot will be screened and several members of the creative team will take part in a panel discussion.

9/1/10 - The TV series adaptation of Joe Hill's comic book "Locke & Key" has landed at Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  The network has made a series commitment to the project, which is produced by Dreamworks TV and K.O. Paper Products through the latter's deal with 20th Century Fox TV.  Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are on board to executive produce, along with Heather Kadin, Josh Friedman, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank and Ted Adams.  The show is being discussed as a potential summer project.  Hill, the son of Stephen King, penned "Locke & Key" with artist Gabriel Rodriguez. "Locke" chronicles the Locke children as they attempt to recover from their father's murder by a deranged high school student. The family moves to Lovecraft, Massachusetts, where the youngest Locke discovers trans-formative keys hidden within its walls.  The comic debuted in 2008 and is currently in its fourth installment.  Friedman has been tapped as the project's lead writer.

8/24/10 - Steven Spielberg is teaming with producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to adapt Joe Hill's supernatural comic book series Locke & Key into a TV series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Novelist Hill, Stephen King's son, and producers have set up the project at 20th Century Fox TV.  Locke & Key chronicles Locke children as they attempt to recover from their father's murder by a deranged high school student. The family moves to a Maine island where the youngest Locke discovers a doorway with supernatural qualities

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