By Ryan Parsons | Image property of respective holders, Variety.
Locke & Key
Dimension Films is hopping back onto the adaptation bandwagon by acquiring the screen rights to Joe Hill's Locke & Key.
Locke & Key for Dimension
Warner Bros. was the first to discover Joe Hill. The son of author Stephen King, Hill made his first screen sale with his debut novel, Heart-Shaped Box, which the studio is currently developing.
Locke & Key revolves around a trio of children who become the caretakers of Keyhouse, a mansion in New England that is full of secrets and magic. The kids discover doors that take them to different places, give them powers and even alter gender and skin color. Behind one door is a dangerously violent creature.
Since Dimension has already had tons of success with the adaptations of multiple King novels including 1408 and The Mist, they figured his son wouldn't be much of a risk. Bob Weinstein, however, explains that Dimension's relationship with King had nothing to do with it.
"I love what Joe wrote. There are fun elements that horror fans love, and it feels like a franchise where you can feel satisfied with each film, but there is a door left open for the next one," said Weinstein, who put the deal together with exec veep Andrew Kramer.
Locke & Key only debuted this Wednesday. The second volume in the franchise is expected to arrive this March.
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