Lockwood & Co. In The Media

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Lockwood & Co. is an TV Series with all 8 episodes being released at once on    January 27, 2023, streaming on Netflix. There are five and a half Lockwood & Co. books by Jonathan Stroud. The Netflix series will start with the adaptation of the first novel of the series, The Screaming Staircase first published in 2013. BOOK 1.5 The Dagger in the Desk 2013 was written serially in a newspaper with his fans writing in suggestions about how the story should go. BOOK 2 The Whispering Skull 2014. BOOK 3 The Hollow Boy 2015. BOOK 4 The Creeping Shadow 2016. BOOK 5 The Empty Grave 2017. 

In this world, the digital revolution never happened due to the ghost outbreak, there are no mobile phones, newspapers and magazines are used to convey information. A world where the mere touch of a ghost can kill you instantly, teenage ghost hunters scour the streets of London, engaging in deadly combat with the spirits of the night. Amongst the many adult agencies, one small start-up stands out amongst the crowd, Lockwood & Co, run by teenagers Anthony Lockwood, George Karim, and Lucy Carlysle. Together the renegade trio are free of financial motive, and adult supervision, but destined to change the course of history forever as they unravel a grand mystery.

Ruby Stokes as Lucy Carlyle, newly arrived, supremely psychically gifted sixteen year-old girl who, joins Anthony Lockwood and George Karim's, psychic detection agency, Lockwood & Co.

Cameron Chapman as Anthony Lockwood, a rebellious young eighteen year-old entrepreneur haunted by his mysterious past, founder and owner of Lockwood & Co.

Ali Hadji-Heshmati as George Karim, brilliant but eccentric Chief Researcher at Lockwood & Co. While great as a field agent, George excels as researcher, ensuring the company have the edge when tracking down and facing psychic disturbances.  George is loyal to a fault and  obsessed with "The Problem" and trying to trace its origins.

Ivanno Jeremiah as Inspector Barnes, Barnes is a Senior Inspector for DEPRAC — the government organisation assigned with tackling The Problem and overseeing the country’s psychical agencies. Barnes is an outsider who has fought hard for his position. He has a tough, acerbic, no-nonsense exterior which belies how deeply he feels for the young agents that fall under his command.

Luke Treadaway as The Golden Blade, The Golden Blade is a mysterious, nameless mercenary who specialises in the dark arts of high-risk, high-reward covert operations. Handsome, erudite, and terrifyingly deft in physical combat, the Blade is a ruthless villain who operates under the radar.

Morven Christie as Penelope Fittes, Penelope is the Head of Fittes Agency — the psychical agency founded in 1972 by her mother, Marissa Fittes. Poised, benevolent and self-possessed, Penelope is a household name who commands utmost respect. In a society consumed with the fallout of The Problem, Penelope is at the apex of power, wealth, and influence. As the daughter of the person who first discovered The Problem, and who pioneered the techniques still used by agents to this day, Penelope wants to continue her mother’s legacy and ensure that Fittes remains the country’s leading agency.

Jack Bandeira as Quill Kipps, age: 20, is a Team Leader for Fittes — the country’s most elite psychical agency. His job is to oversee a team of teenage agents and guide them through nightly supernatural investigations. Arrogant and officious, Kipps relishes his position of authority and experience. Kipps is locked into a bitter rivalry with Anthony Lockwood and takes any opportunity to assert his superiority.

Rhianna Dorris as Kat Godwin, Kat is an agent for Fittes, working under Quill Kipps. Sharp-tongued, confident, and supercilious, Kat is an incredibly talented Listener able to hear the bygone echoes of a ghost’s psychic trauma. Kat becomes a de facto rival for Lucy, a fellow Listener. Pitched against one another on active investigations, Kat constantly tries to prove her technical superiority over Lucy.

Paddy Holland as Bobby Vernon, Bobby is an agent and researcher for Fittes, working under Quill Kipps. Bookish, precocious, and snide, Bobby is a voracious academic who scours Fittes’ archives and databases to give his team an upper hand on investigations. As a fellow researcher, Bobby is a de facto rival for George — his counterpart at Lockwood & Co. Often going head-to-head on competitive investigations, Bobby relishes any opportunity to attempt to outsmart George in a battle of wits.

Ben Crompton as Julius Winkman, a shop owner and illegal relic dealer.

Hayley Konadu as Flo Bones, Flo is a former agent who now ekes out a living on the mud flats of the Thames as a relic hunter. She was an exceptional agent, until she was profoundly traumatised on a job, causing her to quit and drop out of conventional society. Flo is wary and disillusioned with a ghost-fighting system that chews young people up and spits them out. Highly perceptive, eccentric, and recalcitrant, Flo is Lockwood’s oldest friend, the two of them having been there for one another in their darkest days. With her connections to Problem-stricken London’s underworld, Flo is a secret weapon and confidante for our heroes at Lockwood & Co.

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Lockwood & Co. Official Blooper Reel

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Joe Cornish and the 3 leads did an AMA on Reddit yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/11a0s3n/hello_reddit_im_joe_cornish_the_creator_writer/

I think it fell off Netflix's top 10 tv shows after 2 weeks, which doesn't necessarily mean anything because not everything can do Wednesday or Squid Game numbers, but it does make me worry that it won't be renewed.

 

[krankydoodle]

I just listened to the Lockwood & Co spoiler special of the Pilot TV+ podcast that included an interview with Joe Cornish and he shared some interesting tidbits:

• They came up with a backstory for Pamela Joplin and Saunders who got involved when she was young but their relationship has since soured. She sees in George the kind of person she wishes she'd have connected with instead.
• They changed how the final confrontation plays out with the villain over the bone glass because the way it went in the book didn't work on film.
• The scripts for the second season are all currently being developed, some are even finished.
• Possible spoiler for future books describing how the finale originally included another tease where we see
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  the bone mirror being snagged by an unknown person before it can be incinerated and getting tossed into a massive pile of other active sources.

   

[krankydoodle]

Reddit AMA with author Jonathan Stroud: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/137ln2n/im_jonathan_stroud_author_of_lockwood_co_scarlett/

There are a lot of questions about renewal. He says there should be news on that soon.

 

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On 5/4/2023 at 12:16 PM, krankydoodle said:

Reddit AMA with author Jonathan Stroud: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/137ln2n/im_jonathan_stroud_author_of_lockwood_co_scarlett/

There are a lot of questions about renewal. He says there should be news on that soon.

 

We keep waiting and hoping!

[krankydoodle]

Noooo!

‘Lockwood & Co.’ Canceled at Netflix After One Season

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Variety understands that while Netflix was very pleased with the show, and especially the work that had gone into it, viewing numbers didn’t meet the threshold to greenlight a second season.

 

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It was the only thing I had left that I liked on Netflix so....bye Netflix.