Season 2 of Netflix's Locke & Key is already in the works ahead of its season 1 premiere. Based on the comic book series written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez, the story follows three siblings who, after the murder of their father, return to their ancestral home only to find that it's full of mysterious secrets. Mainly, the house has magical keys that are seemingly connected to their father's death, but they're not the only ones who want the keys. A demon is also searching for them and will stop at nothing to obtain them.
Bringing Locke & Key to the screen has been quite a lengthy process. Originally, a pilot was made for Fox back in 2011 but was never picked up to series for that season. Then, a trilogy from Universal was announced a few years later that, unfortunately, fell through. Fast forward a few years after that, Hulu then took the reigns to adapt the property into a TV show back in 2017. A pilot was greenlit, but ultimately, the series was not picked up by the streaming service. In 2018, Netflix stepped up the plate and announced they were officially moving forward with a series order of the show. The pilot episode was re-developed and reshot from the original first episode that was greenlit at Hulu, and now the highly anticipated series is gearing up to release on Netflix on February 7. Not only that, but the showrunners have already begun to dive into season 2.
During an interview with GameSpot (via CBR), executive producer Carlton Cuse revealed that the team is "writing season 2, even though it hasn't been greenlit," adding in that they're "working in a room." Cuse went on to explain that by the time they get to the end of the season, they'll have a "better sense of how much longer the show can go." Because the original comics are so beloved, especially its ending, he added in that the team has spent "a lot of time talking with Joe [Hill]," and that, "in concert with Joe," they want to make sure "the ending works for the TV series" and that they're not just forcing "an ending for endings' sake." He concluded by exclaiming that the team wants "the ending to be something that really feels like it's the right conclusion for our story."
It's clear that Cuse and the series' showrunner, Meredith Averill, hold the series in high regard and want to do right by the source material. The first trailer for Locke & Key dropped in early January of this year, showing off the series' new cast and snippets of its creepy storyline. Jackson Robert Scott (IT), Connor Jessup (American Crime), and Emilia Jones (Horrible Histories) play the Locke siblings, with Darby Stanchfield (Scandal) playing their mother, Nina.
This series looks like an exciting new addition to Netflix's ever-growing library. Considering Averill and Cuse's past projects, namely The Haunting of Hill House and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, there's no doubt that Locke & Key will be a thrilling and terrifying new adventure for the streaming platform. Hopefully, after a long and winding road to the small screen, the series can find some success that points it in the direction of a season 2 renewal.