Spielberg, Orci and Kurtzman Bring 'Locke & Key' to TV
Joe Hill's Locke & Key may soon find a home on television, thanks to three of the biggest names in genre film and television today: Steven Spielberg, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Spielberg's DreamWorks TV is partnering with the Transformers/ Star Trek/ Fringe writers, as well as writer-producer Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), to adapt Hill's comic book (published by IDW, with art by Gabriel Rodriguez) -- about a family responsible for an old New England house filled with magical, disquieting secrets -- into a TV show. More info after the jump.
New York magazine reports that "while there had been talk in the blogosphere of Kurtzman and Orci turning Locke and Key into a feature, the project is now moving ahead as a TV series, with Friedman on board to write and produce. Kurtzman and Orci recently signed a big overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, so the studio will end up producing with Spielberg's DreamWorks TV (mirroring their current collaboration on Spielberg's fall 2011 Fox dinosaur drama Terra Nova). There's no broadcast or cable outlet attached yet, but based on the idea for the show and the fact that 20th is involved, the Fox network certainly seems like a logical home."
