Jesse McCartney To Star In 'Locke & Key'

EXCLUSIVE: After an exhaustive search, actor-singer Jesse McCartney just landed the final role on Fox's drama pilot Locke & Key. He will play Ty, the eldest of the Locke children. It is a key role in the project (pun intended) as it is considered the male lead on the show.

Locke & Key, from 20th TV, Kurtzman/Orci and DreamWorks TV, is based on Joe Hill's comic. It tells the story of Nina Locke (Miranda Otto) and her three children, Tyler (McCartney), Kinsey (Sarah Bolger), and Bode (Skylar Gaertner) who, after the brutal murder of Nina's husband Rendell Locke, return to Keyhouse, his old family home in Massachusetts. There, they are pestered by an evil entity that's determined to hold the family hostage one way or another until it gets what it wants. As Ty, McCartney will be able to show off his music talents. According to the character description, Ty was the closest with his dad and carries a special guilt for his father's death. He isolates himself a bit by retreating into his music. On TV, McCartney most recently recurred on Greek.