Locke & Key [Netflix]

A director and actor have been found for the television adaptation of Locke & Key.
Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) will direct the series, based on Joe Hill's IDW title, while Miranda Otto will take on the role of Nina Locke, reports Deadline.
This will mark the television debut of Romanek, who is best known for his work in music videos.
Otto appeared in What Lies Beneath and starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy as Eowyn.
Locke & Key follows the adventures of Nina Locke and her three children, who move across the US to a mysterious old mansion following the murder of her husband.

The producers of Locke & Key aren’t giving up without a fight. Though Fox passed on the buzzworthy pilot that’s based on a comic book by Joe Hill, sources say 20th Century Fox TV is talking to Syfy and The CW about picking up the project.
The latter seems less likely, since the fifth broadcast network tends to skew toward young female viewers and next season’s schedule is pretty locked in at this point. But the project is completely on brand for Syfy, if the economics could make the show work on basic cable. Don’t get your hopes up, though, fans: Making the leap from broadcast pilot to a cable network doesn’t happen very often, and Locke isn’t the only busted genre pilot to approach the cable network. But know there’s still attempts being made to get this on the air.