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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

SDCC '11: 'Locke & Key' Pilot (Sorta) Sees Light of Day


Deadline is reporting that the Locke & Key pilot, that Fox passed over last month, will find its first audience at next month’s Comic Con. This makes me extremely happy for a few reasons—first, because I’ve recently become addicted to Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s gothic mystery. Second, because it is scheduled for screening on Friday, July 22nd—I don’t have tickets for Saturday.

The Locke & Key pilot panel is currently scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and will feature Hill, Rodriguez, Josh Friedman (the writer of the episode), and producing partners Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (the pilot screens in Room 8 and the panel will be held in Room 9). Something tells me that all involved are pretty damn proud of the final product. It’s unfortunate that Fox didn’t see it a product that they could sell to mainstream audiences.

The pilot was directed by Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) and written by Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds) with Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci (Star Trek). The pilot featured Nick Stahl (Duncan Locke), Jesse McCartney (Tyler), Miranda Otto (Nina), Sarah Bolger (Kinsey), Skylar Gaertner (Bode), and Mark Pellegrino (Rendell).

Locke & Key is the story of the Locke family, which is torn apart after the devastating murder of the family’s patriarch Rendell. Nina moves her children to Lovecraft, Massachusetts, to live with their uncle Duncan in Keyhouse—the mysterious childhood home of Rendell Locke. Before you know it, things grow darker as the mysteries of Keyhouse are learned and the lives of the Locke family grow more and more complex.

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