From TV Show To Film Trilogy For Locke & Key

Over a year ago, the FOX Broadcasting Company decided not to order a series adaptation of the haunted house comic Locke & Key. This even as a Mark Romanek-directed pilot starring Miranda Otto, Nick Stahl and Jesse McCartney was produced and got high marks from reviewers who saw it.

Universal Pictures has acquired the rights and have announced plans to turn it into a film trilogy says Latino Review.

Set in a small Massachusetts village, the story follows a mother and her three children who move into their family estate after her husband is murdered. The vast estate has many areas only accessible by special keys. A malevolent force within the house lures the husband's killer to the town to finish off the rest of the family.

Joe Hill created the comic which was originally going to be adapted by "Transformers" and "Star Trek" scribes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman into a single feature.

Orci and Kurtzman were listed as executive producers on the failed pilot--they will write the screenplays for this potential franchise trilogy.