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Joe Cornish‘s Netflix series “Lockwood & Co.” premieres on the streamer today, the English comedian and filmmaker’s first foray into TV. And to celebrate, The Playlist interviewed Cornish for an upcoming episode of The Playlist Podcast.

It is one and done for Lockwood & Co. Netflix has canceled the supernatural detective series, an adaptation of Jonathan Stroud’s book series, after one season.  

K.J. Yossman ‘Lockwood & Co’ will not be renewed for a second season, Variety has learned. The supernatural detective series, which is based on Jonathan Stroud’s young adult novels of the same name, was developed by Joe Cornish under his Complete Fiction banner and debuted on Netflix in January of this year. It starred Ruby Stokes as Lucy Carlyle, a teenage ghost hunter with a tragic past, who teams up with Anthony Lockwood (played by Cameron Chapman) and George Karim (Ali Hadji-Heshmati) to form a ghost-busting agency that specializes in dealing with deadly ghouls. 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.

Making his mark. Since Lockwood & Co. premiered on Netflix, fans have applauded Cameron Chapman for his captivating performance as Anthony Lockwood — and his scene-stealing moments with onscreen love interest Ruby Stokes.

2011’s “Attack The Block” is a lot of things: Joe Cornish‘s directorial debut, John Boyega‘s breakout film, and one of the most entertaining cult films out the UK in the 21st century. So, no shortage of excitement knowing that a sequel to the film is on the way.

Joe Cornish’s teen ghosthunter drama Lockwood and Co. launches on Netflix globally today. The show, the streamer’s latest young-adult scripted series from the UK, stars Ruby Stokes (Bridgerton) and newcomers Cameron Chapman and Ali Hadji-Heshmati as a teen trio who run an independent ghost fighting agency in London while competing with adult-run corporate rivals.

Another year, another massive slate of brand-new content on Netflix. So what does the streamer have in store for its subscribers this year? On the YA front, one of Netflix’s biggest showcases for 2023 is “Lockwood & Co.,” based on Jonathan Shroud‘s hit book series from the 2010s.

Back in 2020, it was revealed that filmmaker Joe Cornish was starting to feel out if John Boyega would be into the idea of making a sequel to “Attack the Block.” A little more than a year later, it was confirmed that “Attack the Block 2” is happening with Boyega leading the cast.

EXCLUSIVE: Ruby Stokes, who plays Francesca Bridgerton in the hit Netflix period romp, is to lead the cast of the streamer’s latest book adaptation.

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials episodic director William McGregor has come aboard to helm the movie Smile (working title) for Netflix and Matt Reeves’ 6th and Idaho, a project which is described as a vampire story in the spirit of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive. 

Attack The Block 2.The original Attack The Block film, which was released in May 2011, was the Star Wars actor’s first major film role.Boyega will reprise his role as Moses in the forthcoming sequel, currently titled Attack The Block 2. The film’s original director Joe Cornish will write and direct the new movie, with Boyega producing along with Nira Park and James Wilson.“Yes Attack The Block 2 is happening!” Boyega wrote on Instagram last night (May 17) announcing the film news.

John Boyega first made waves when he led the Joe Cornish-directed mature science-fiction comedy film “Attack The Block,” an alien invasion comedy similar to Edgar Wright‘s zombie flick “Shaun of The Dead.” The comparison isn’t shocking since Wright was a producer on the film and a longtime friend of Cornish; the pair had co-written Marvel’s “Ant-Man” before exiting the project over creative differences.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJohn Boyega is returning to his sci-fi comedy roots. A sequel to the 2011 sci-fi comedy “Attack the Block” is in the works, with the actor set to reprise his breakout role as Moses.The follow-up film, announced a decade after the release of the original, is currently in early stages of development by Studiocanal, Film 4, Complete Fiction Pictures and UpperRoom Productions.

John Boyega will return as Moses in the sequel to the 2011 sci-fi cult hit “Attack the Block,” according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Joe Cornish will return as well to write and direct the sequel.More to come…

EXCLUSIVE:The aliens are back on the block. A decade after Attack The Block achieved sci-fi cult status and launched the career of its star John Boyega, Studiocanal, Film4, Complete Fiction Pictures & UpperRoom Productions are moving forward with Attack the Block 2 with Boyega locked to return as Moses.

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the release of Joe Cornish’s directorial debut, “Attack the Block.” And though that film has gone on to become a cult favorite and launch the career of actor John Boyega, Cornish has only directed one feature since, 2019’s “The Kid Who Would Be King.” Well, it appears that we won’t have to wait too much longer for the next Cornish film, as he’s signed on for a sci-fi epic, “Starlight.” READ MORE: Joe Cornish & John Boyega Are Still “Working On” A Sequel

Steven Spielberg‘s “The Adventures of Tintin,” earned rave reviews for his feature debut “Attack the Block,” whose launched the career of leading man John Boyega.Joe Cornish is repped by CAA, Independent Talent Group and attorney George Davis.Also on the Millar front, Netflix has set a May premiere date for Mark Millar’s superhero series “Jupiter’s Legacy.”Based on the graphic novels by Millar and Frank Quitely, the eight-episode series centers on the second generation of superheroes, who

EXCLUSIVE: The 20th Century Studios adaptation of the Mark Millar comic Starlight has just gotten a jolt of excitement. Joe Cornish, best known for directing Attack the Block, has signed on to write an direct the comic by Millar, the creator of Wanted, the Kingsman films, and Kick-Ass.

Before he became an A-list actor and one of the leads in the “Star Wars” universe, John Boyega really broke out in 2011, thanks to the sci-fi action film, “Attack the Block.” And though that film didn’t necessarily become a massive blockbuster, “Attack the Block” did develop a pretty strong cult following and earn critical acclaim quickly after its debut at the SXSW Film Festival.

Robot Chicken “definitely ripped off” The Adam And Joe Show.The pair were talking to NME for a recent Friends Like These video interview, which you can watch in full above.“A lot of our work influenced lots of very important, more successful things,” Cornish joked.“Robot Chicken definitely ripped us off though, come on,” Buxton replied, adding: “Here’s a conspiracy theory about how we might have been ripped off by Robot Chicken.”He explained: “World of Wonder, who were the company that made The

Before he was one of the faces of “Star Wars”, John Boyega was a streetwise youth in Joe Cornish’s sci-fi hit “Attack The Block”.

Released in 2011, Joe Cornish’s sci-fi film, “Attack the Block,” stands as one of the best films in the genre of the past decade. Carried largely by an incredible lead performance from a then-unknown John Boyega, ‘Attack’ is a rare original film that garnered a cult following and has yet to spark any real sequel talk.

Attack the Block 2 have begun.Cornish teased the news on the Script Apart podcast, confirming he had been in talks with Boyega, who starred in the 2011 film, about a potential sequel.“We’ve got ideas,” Cornish explained regarding a sequel. “I met with John a couple of months ago to talk about it.“We’ve always had ideas after the first one.

Edgar Wright has teamed up with his longtime collaborators and fellow Brit creative veterans Nira Park, Joe Cornish and Rachael Prior to launch a new production company, Complete Fiction, with three TV projects already lined up at Netflix. Complete Fiction – which will be based in both London and LA, working across both film and TV – is a formal consolidation of a 20-plus-year relationship between the key partners.

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