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Netflix Wraps Up Locke & Key with Season 3
Earlier this week Variety reported that streaming giant Netflic would be ending their live action adaptation of the Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez comic book of the same title – Locke & Key.
Carlton Cuse and Meredith Averill (co-showrunners and executive producers), said:
Once we began working on the series, we felt three seasons was the ideal length to bring the story of the Locke family and their Keyhouse adventures to a satisfying conclusion. As storytellers, we are grateful that we had the opportunity to tell our version of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s incredible story exactly the way we wanted. We’re keeping the magical keys, though, for our own personal use.
Netflix’s Locke & Key is a Pg-13 adaptation of a hard R original comic book horror story, a tonal shift which spilot the audiences across social media.
By now most consumers know the reason so many streaming shows wrap up at season 3 is because this is when most initial contracts run out and talent (from actors to writers to directors), send their agents in to negotiate a higher rate of pay. Particularly when the show is genre and requires a higher budget in any of the realms of design it can be more cost effective for the studio to simply end the show in lieu of chasing higher ratings.
With Locke & Key star Emilia Jones, who plays Kinsey, fresh off a Best Picture Academy Award win for her work in CODA there was likely writing on the wall heralding salary negotiations.
2022’s Hugo Award Nominees Are Here
The Hugo Awards celebrate excellence in science fiction literature and this week the list of 2022 nominees hit the world including a lot of wonderful shows streaming right now for the genre fan in all of us:
Best Novel
- A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, by Becky Chambers
- Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki
- A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark
- Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
- She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan
Best Novella
- Across the Green Grass Fields, by Seanan McGuire
- Elder Race, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Fireheart Tiger, by Aliette de Bodard
- The Past Is Red, by Catherynne M. Valente
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
- A Spindle Splintered, by Alix E. Harrow
Best Novelette
- “Bots of the Lost Ark”, by Suzanne Palmer
- “Colors of the Immortal Palette”, by Caroline M. Yoachim
- L’Esprit de L’Escalier, by Catherynne M. Valente
- “O2 Arena”, by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
- “That Story Isn’t the Story”, by John Wiswell
- “Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.”, by Fran Wilde
Best Short Story
- “Mr. Death”, by Alix E. Harrow
- “Proof by Induction”, by José Pablo Iriarte
- “The Sin of America”, by Catherynne M. Valente
- “Tangles”, by Seanan McGuire
- “Unknown Number”, by Blue Neustifter
- “Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather”, by Sarah Pinsker
Best Series
- The Green Bone Saga, by Fonda Lee
- The Kingston Cycle, by C. L. Polk
- Merchant Princes, by Charles Stross
- Terra Ignota, by Ada Palmer
- Wayward Children, by Seanan McGuire
- The World of the White Rat, by T. Kingfisher
Best Graphic Story or Comic
- DIE, vol. 4: Bleed, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles
- Far Sector, written by N.K. Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell
- Lore Olympus, vol. 1, by Rachel Smythe
- Monstress, vol. 6: The Vow, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda
- Once & Future, vol. 3: The Parliament of Magpies, written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora, colored by Tamra Bonvillain
- Strange Adventures, written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan “Doc” Shaner
Best Related Work
- Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism, by Elsa Sjunneson
- The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War, by Camestros Felapton
- Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, edited by Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre
- “How Twitter can ruin a life”, by Emily St. James
- Never Say You Can’t Survive, by Charlie Jane Anders
- True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by Abraham Riesman
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
- Dune
- Encanto
- The Green Knight
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Space Sweepers
- WandaVision
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
- The Wheel of Time: The Flame of Tar Valon
- For All Mankind: The Grey
- Arcane: The Monster You Created
- The Expanse: Nemesis Games
- Loki: The Nexus Event
- Star Trek: Lower Decks: wej Duj
Best Editor, Short Form
- Neil Clarke
- Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
- Mur Lafferty & S.B. Divya
- Jonathan Strahan
- Sheree Renée Thomas
- Sheila Williams
Best Editor, Long Form
- Ruoxi Chen
- Nivia Evans
- Sarah T. Guan
- Brit Hvide
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Navah Wolfe
Best Professional Artist
- Tommy Arnold
- Rovina Cai
- Ashley Mackenzie
- Maurizio Manzieri
- Will Staehle
- Alyssa Winans
Best Semiprozine
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Escape Pod
- Strange Horizons
- Uncanny Magazine
Best Fanzine
- The Full Lid
- Galactic Journey
- Journey Planet
- Quick Sip Reviews
- Small Gods
- Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog
- Be The Serpent
- The Coode Street Podcast
- Hugo, Girl!
- Our Opinions Are Correct
- Worldbuilding for Masochists
Best Fan Writer
- Chris M. Barkley
- Bitter Karella
- Alex Brown
- Cora Buhlert
- Jason Sanford
- Paul Weimer
Best Fan Artist
- Iain J. Clark
- Lorelei Esther
- Sara Felix
- Ariela Housman
- Nilah Magruder
- Lee Moyer
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (presented by the World Science Fiction Society)
- Chaos on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer
- Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao
- The Last Graduate, by Naomi Novik
- Redemptor, by Jordan Ifueko
- A Snake Falls to Earth, by Darcie Little Badger
- Victories Greater Than Death, by Charlie Jane Anders
Astounding Award for Best New Writer
- Tracy Deonn (2nd year of eligibility)
- Micaiah Johnson (2nd year of eligibility)
- A.K. Larkwood (2nd year of eligibility)
- Everina Maxwell (1st year of eligibility)
- Shelley Parker-Chan (1st year of eligibility)
- Xiran Jay Zhao (1st year of eligibility)
