The Pilot That Wouldn’t Die. Fox ordered it to development but didn’t pick it up to series. It’s been said that they struck the set at the end of June, but they screened that pilot twice at Comic-Con a month later. They pitched it to cable, but cable turned them down. The trailer went viral. No one will give this pilot a season order but they keep showing it and we keep begging. WE WILL NOT LET GO. And neither will IDW, who are giving it another showing at NYCC next week.
Here’s the IDW post:
Locke & Key Pilot Screening at New York Comic Con
Friday, Oct 7th, 2011
East coast exclusive screening, Friday, October 14th, 12 noon
What: The most talked-about pilot not on the fall schedule was the Fox production of Locke & Key. After a smash-hit screening at San Diego Comic-Con that fans are still talking about, it’s coming to the east coast for a one-time only screening!
IDW Publishing, with special thanks to Fox Broadcasting Corporation, will offer a one-time only East coast screening of Locke & Key at New York Comic Con. Open to all NYCC attendees on a first come, first serve basis. Come see the Eisner-winning comic brought to life!
Who: IDW CEO and Publisher Ted Adams will emcee this exclusive screening.
When: Friday, October 14th, 12 noon
Where: New York Comic Con, Jacob Javits Center Room 1A10
Details: Acclaimed by both critics and fans, LOCKE & KEY is created and written by Joe Hill, with art by Gabriel Rodriguez. LOCKE & KEY tells the story of the Locke family and Keyhouse, a mysterious New England mansion with haunted keys that transform all who dare to use them. Since debuting in 2008, LOCKE & KEY has become a multiple New York Times best seller and won several industry awards.
Adapting the first volume of the series, LOCKE & KEY: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT, the pilot was developed by television writer Josh Friedman for Fox Television.
Hill and Rodriguez are currently working on LOCKE & KEY: CLOCKWORKS, the fifth volume in the series. CLOCKWORKS is available monthly in comic book stores and through the Apple iTunes Store. LOCKE & KEY Volumes 1 through 4 are in comic and book stores, and through iTunes and iBooks.
As a quick two-minute reminder of how extremely cool this pilot is, and how much we’d REALLY like to see the series get a green light after all, here’s that trailer again:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_KmKC5K8QU[/youtube]
SIGH. Come on, someone! Get this puppy into production!
