Hulu has locked in an actress for a key role in its adaptation of the Locke & Key IDW comic book.
Frances O’Connor (Cashmere Mafia) has been cast as Nina Locke in the horror/fantasy drama pilot, which is being written by the comic’s author Joe Hill and executive-produced by Carlton Cuse (Bates Motel, The Strain).
As the story goes, Nina, after the gruesome murder of her husband, moves their three kids to their ancestral home in Maine — known as Key House — to be closer to their uncle. In the house they find magical keys that provide them with various powers. Little do they know, a devious demon wants the keys for himself.
O’Connor’s previous TV roles also include Cleverman, The Missing and Mr Selfridge.
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