Dimension Films acquired the film and television rights for
Welcome to Lovecraft from
IDW Publishing with the intent of developing the property as a feature with
John Davis producing. In February 2010, it was announced that Dimension had lost the adaptation rights to DreamWorks with
Alex Kurtzman and
Roberto Orci signed on to develop and produce the project. In August 2010
Steven Spielberg also joined as a producer, and the production became a TV series rather than a film adaptation, with
Josh Friedman writing episodes for the show and acting as showrunner. The TV series adaptation then landed at
20th Century Fox Television. The network greenlit a
pilot, produced by
DreamWorks TV and K.O. Paper Products through the latter's deal with 20th Century Fox TV.
Miranda Otto played Nina Locke,
Sarah Bolger was Kinsey Locke and
Nick Stahl co-starred as Duncan Locke. Skylar Gaertner played 6-year old Bode, and Harrison Thomas played a teenager manipulated by an evil spirit. Actor and singer
Jesse McCartney appeared as Ty Locke, the series' male lead and
Ksenia Solo was cast as Dodge.
Mark Romanek directed the pilot episode, which was filmed at the mansion in
Hartwood Acres and in
Ellwood City, Pennsylvania in February 2011. The pilot was also shot throughout
Pittsburgh that same month. In May 2011, Fox announced that the project would not be picked up to the series. The studio attempted to sell the project to other networks but eventually ceased efforts due to rising costs. However, the show has been eyed by MTV, though no official talks have been had yet. The pilot was screened at the 2011
San Diego Comic-Con, where it was well received. In January 2020, the pilot was leaked by
Bloody Disgusting, who later uploaded it to
Vimeo. ==Cast and characters==