The director of Assault the Block has a brand new present the place folks combat ghosts with swords. Actually, we may cease the article there, plop within the trailer and name it a day since you received’t learn a cooler sentence this week. Let’s simply reiterate: Joe Cornish, director of Assault the Blocokay, has a brand new Netflix present and in it, folks search out and combat ghosts with swords. Signal us up.
Okay. Effective. You need extra info. Right here it’s. The present is known as Lockwood & Co. and it’s based mostly on a collection of supernatural younger grownup novels by Jonathan Stroud launched between 2013 and 2017. It’s set in a world the place ghosts have develop into a little bit of an issue and must be discovered and captured, however solely sure folks have that potential: children. Children who regularly lose their potential to detect ghosts as they grow old. The present follows one such woman who joins a small group of fellow ghosthunters, a bunch that runs independently of the larger name-brand companies. Right here’s the trailer for Lockwood & Co., which debuts on Netflix January 27.
Cornish (who, sure, is at the moment engaged on a sequel to Assault the Block) is the showrunner in addition to one of many writers and administrators. The principle children are performed by Ruby Stokes, Cameron Chapman, and Ali Hadji-Heshmati. And the entire thing has a really Peter Jackson’s Frighteners vibe about it. Some comedy, some scares, strong visible results, and a novel mythology surrounding ghosts, ghost detection, and the trade each of them created. It’s nearly a disgrace the present is on Netflix as a result of it sounds tremendous cool, comes out in two weeks, and this is likely to be the primary time you’re listening to about it. However not less than there’s that. Additionally, was {that a} Hatbox Ghost in there?
The complete eight-episode first season of Lockwood & Co .debuts on Netflix January 27.
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