Sherri Saum (The Fosters) has joined the cast of Netflix's Locke & Key adaptation from Joe Hill, Carlton Cuse and IDW Entertainment per TVLine. Saum will play a central role in the Netflix series per TVLine. It isn't mentioned if this is a series regular or recurring role.
The 10-episode horror/fantasy series revolves around the Locke siblings Kinsey, Tyler, and Bode (Emilia Jones, Connor Jessup & Jackson Robert Scott) who, after the gruesome murder of their father, move to their ancestral home in Massachusetts only to find the house has magical keys that give them a vast array of powers and abilities. Little do they know, a devious demon also wants the keys, and will stop at nothing to attain them.
Locke & Key was created by Hill and developed by Carlton Cuse (Bates Motel, Colony, Lost), Aron Eli Coleite (Star Trek: Discovery, Hostages, Heroes) and Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House). Hill and Coleite will pen the premiere episode. Cuse and Averill will serve as showrunners on the Netflix series.
Saum will play Ellie Whedon, a teacher at Matheson Academy who has a mysterious history with the Locke family.
Saum joins previously announced cast members Emilia Jones, Connor Jessup & Jackson Robert Scott.
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— Sherri Saum (@SherriSaum1) January 25, 2019
