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Oh Frak off Fox!

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (13)

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Full disclosure: I don’t generally read comic books or graphic novels, but this one caught my attention for a couple of reasons. First, the story sounds cool. Locke & Key (written by Joe Hill, Stephen King’s son) is a tale of a family trying to recover from a father’s murder. They move into an uncle’s Maine (where else?) home where the youngest son makes some supernatural discoveries. Doors lead to other worlds and otherworldly powers - the son and his siblings investigate the home and experiment with the abilities lent them.

The second tidbit that caught my attention was the news that Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) is going to head up the show. Now add on Dreamworks TV (aka Steven Spielberg) and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Hawaii Five-0, Fringe) who are all behind the whole thing and it all sounds pretty damned promising. Only problem is, Fox is the network looking to develop the show. Yeah, let that sink in a minute.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles was just hitting its stride when, after Fox jerking it all over the weekly schedule and tossing it off to Friday, the second season ended. Summer Glau was fantastic as John’s protector and Shirley Manson, scary enough to make her own (well sort of) daughter pee in fright. And don’t get me started on Cromartie. Heck, the show even made Brian Austin Green a name to watch. After investing a whole lot of time and money and finally gaining an audience, the show was unceremoniously dropped - and the storyline left hanging.

The moral of the story is, Fox cannot be trusted - and this makes me nervous for what sounds to be a good show premise. The interesting side note is that this project was initially headed for feature filmdom, but I’ll guess they think they can milk more out of it on television.

Here’s a little trailer promoting the novel:


Oh who am I kidding? If thing makes it to any channel, I’ll be watching.









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Comments

Fox owns FX though still, I believe. While the Fox network can't be trusted, if they put it to the FOX people working with SOA, Sunny, Justified, Archer, and Rescue Me(It's seen better seasons)they'll do fine.

Posted by: Paul at August 25, 2010 6:18 PM

Can you back up that The Sarah Connor Chronicles was "finally gaining an audience" with numbers? Because it wasn't my understanding that the show ever pulled in a large viewership after the first few episodes.

Posted by: Todd at August 25, 2010 6:33 PM

Yeah, Fox is a serial killer of decent shows.

They got a business to run and all, but still ... haven't forgiven them for canceling "Action."

Posted by: Slash at August 25, 2010 6:34 PM

I have the first trade and the supernatural elements in the comic are very unique. A film of the comic won't work because of the story. The will have to cut so much out and the film will be a weak version of the comic. A TV show is a great idea. And I'm worry about the Fox issue too.

Posted by: madclawmannn at August 25, 2010 6:59 PM

Fox...the kiss of death.

Posted by: John W at August 25, 2010 7:00 PM

Hell even Sinestro recommended the comic. As for the show.

Yeah...Fox means bad juju. I'll be happy if this gets a full season, y'know?

Posted by: Green Lantern at August 25, 2010 7:00 PM

@ Todd - for a Friday night, I think 3.5 million is okay. Here's a piece about the show's downfall, including ratings:

http://screenrant.com/friday-night-death-slot-terminator-dollhouse-brusimm-6855/

Posted by: Cindy at August 25, 2010 7:43 PM

It's weird about FOX. They seem to be the only one of the regular networks that give Sci-Fi shows much of a chance. But then...they don't give them any chance at all to get a real audience. Their marketing is terrible, and all the scheduling changes turn people off. I don't get it.

Posted by: figgy at August 25, 2010 8:55 PM

Exactly right Figgy.

Posted by: Cindy at August 25, 2010 9:14 PM

I blame American Idol. Every Fox show that starts normally in the fall has about 2 months or so to build an audience. Then Idol starts in January and Fox moves everything around, asking the audience (who may not be that invested in the show at such an early point) to follow the show(s) to a new timeslot or an entirely different day, likely competing for their viewership and DVR space.

Posted by: Venture82 at August 25, 2010 11:21 PM

Yeah, Fox is a serial killer of decent shows.

They got a business to run and all, but still ... haven't forgiven them for canceling "Action."

I haven't forgiven them for Space: Above and Beyond...

Posted by: DeaconG at August 25, 2010 11:55 PM

Aaand there went the italics I put in the above post...

Posted by: DeaconG at August 25, 2010 11:56 PM

I started reading the Locke & Key series earlier this week and it would make for amazing television.

Posted by: JapJay at August 26, 2010 4:38 PM