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‘IT’ Director Andy Muschietti Takes Over Hulu’s “Locke & Key” Pilot
We were excited to learn back in April that Hulu was going forward with a small screen adaptation of “Locke & Key,“ the IDW comic by Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez. Hulu gave a pilot order for the one-hour horror/ fantasy drama, with Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange) attached to direct.
But Deadline reports today that Derrickson is out, citing a scheduling conflict with his work on TNT’s “Snowpiercer.” Taking Derrickson’s place will be Andy Muschietti, the man behind Mama and this year’s new adaptation of Stephen King’s IT.
Yes, after adapting Stephen King, Muschietti is now adapting King’s son!
The project revolves around three siblings who, after the gruesome murder of their father, move to their ancestral home in Maine only to find the house has magical keys that give them a vast array of powers and abilities. Little do they know, a devious demon also wants the keys, and will stop at nothing to attain them.
“Locke & Key” comes from Hill, Carlton Cuse (“Bates Motel,” “The Strain”) and IDW Entertainment. Cuse, who serves as showrunner, developed the series with Hill, who wrote the script on spec.
Cuse is executive producing with Hill; Muschietti’s sister, Barbara Muschietti; Lindsey Springer of Carlton Cuse Prods.; Ted Adams, CEO of IDW Media Holdings; and David Ozer, President of IDW Entertainment.
Mark Romanek previously directed the pilot episode of a previous iteration of a “Locke & Key” TV series. It was screened at SDCC 2011 and never seen again.
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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