Spotlight: Locke and Key Press Day Presentation - Cuse, Averill, Hill, and Rodriguez: Part One - Exclusive Video

Locke and Key Press DayLocke and Key Press Day - 2/05/20
Presentation - Part One
Carlton Cuse, Meredith Averill, Joe Hill, and Gabriel Rodriguez

Most may be familiar with Locke and Key from the long published graphic novel from IDW Publishing. You may have heard of Locke and Key when it was in development as a series for FOX; the pilot was screened at San Diego Comic Con in 2011 but was not picked up. In 2014, Universal Pictures had announced it would be a feature film trilogy. While the trilogy didn’t happen, in 2017, Hulu gave a pilot order but passed on ordering it to series. Ultimately in 2018, Netflix ordered ten episodes, and it’s finally ready for longtime fans and newcomers to dive into the Locke Family’s life in the Keyhouse.

Netflix invited SciFi Vision to the Locke and Key Press Day at their Los Angeles Headquarters. Locke and Key is available to stream now on Netflix. Locke and Key Executive Producers and Showrunners, Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill, Writer, Joe Hill, and Artist, Gabriel Rodriguez were in attendance.

A highlight of the press day event is that we were one of the first to see the new keys, Mirror and Matchstick, which were made specifically for the series.

Although Netflix has not announced a renewal for a second season, Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill confirmed that they have begun writing the second season.

Below are the first set of videos from the press presentation.


Bringing the Show to Television

Locke and KeyVideo Highlights:

*  On how Cuse got involved in the show and them bringing it to Netflix

*  On Cuse and Hill collaborating with Hill on the pilot

On Averill joining the project

* On learning from previous iterations and deciding to focus on fantasy elements while also maintaining cross genre storytelling

*  Averill on reading the comic and its similarities to Hill House

Averill on sharing a similar vision with Cuse


Locke and Key Press Presentation - Bringing the Show to Television
Carlton Cuse, Meredith Averill, and Joe Hill




 
From Page to Screen

Locke and KeyVideo Highlights:

* On how television is a different medium than comics and has different logic and rules

* On their willingness to change things and letting the showrunners create their version

* On how some things you can do in comics and not in television and vice versa

* Television network format vs. Netflix format


Locke and Key Press Presentation - From Page to Screen
Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez





From the Head Key to Keyhouse

Locke and KeyVideo Highlights:

* On the challenges of adapting the Head Key panel for television

* On what would be inside their heads if they used the Head Key

* On creating the design for inside Kinsey's head and how it differed from the comics

* On adapting the Keyhouse for television and making it functional and practical

* On how the television series is more fantasy than horror compared to the comics



Locke and Key Press Presentation - From Page to Screen
Carlton Cuse, Meredith Averill, Joe Hill, and Gabriel Rodriguez





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**Be sure to check out part two, part three, and part four of the presentation**

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