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  • ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Moves to Roku

    ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Moves to Roku

    In a surprising move, The Spiderwick Chronicles has found a new home on the small screen. Originally ordered to series by Disney+, the upcoming series will now move to Roku. The news comes courtesy of Deadline with the outlet reporting that Roku has picked up the U.S. rights to the adaptation of the beloved books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.

    “It is an honor to bring The Spiderwick Chronicles, a spectacular adventure-filled story led by the incredible Christian Slater and Joy Bryant, exclusively to The Roku Channel,” Brian Tannenbaum, Head of Originals at Roku Media said in a statement to the press. “We cannot wait to introduce this exquisitely crafted series, imagined by a world-class creative team, to millions of streamers.”

    The Spiderwick Chronicles will serve as the biggest title for Roku to date. As Deadline notes, to date, the Roku channel has mainly been the home to former Quibi content it acquired in 2021 after that service shut down. The series is produced by showrunner, Aron Eli Coleite, director Kat Coiro, Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, Julie Kane-Ritsch and Grace Gilroy.

    The series, which consists of eight episodes, hails from Paramount Television Studios and 20th Television. It stars Joy Bryant and Christian Slater and is expected to debut on Roku in early 2024.

    Source: Deadline

  • ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds Momona Tamada & Alyvia Alyn Lind

    ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds Momona Tamada & Alyvia Alyn Lind

    Two more have joined the cast of The Spiderwick Chronicles for Disney+. Deadline has reported that Momona Tamada (The Baby-Sitters Club) and Alyvia Alyn Lind (SyFy’s Chucky) are the latest to join the series.

    Tamada will play Emiko, a local teen from Henson who is a member of the out-patient group therapy at the Meskwaki Psychiatric Hospital. While Lind will play Calliope – a Fetch who has taken this disguise to be able to stay close to the evil ogre, Mulgarath. The duo is set for recurring roles in the series.

    The live-action Spiderwick series, which is based on the bestselling books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, stars Lyon Daniels, Noah Cottrell and Christian Slater. It tells the story of two twin brothers, Jared and Simon. After they move from New York to Michigan, into a run-down ancestral home – The Spiderwick Estate – with their mother and sister, Mallory (Mychala Lee), Jared and Simon soon find themselves pulled into an alternate and fantastical world. The series consists of eight books in total and was previously adapted into a feature film in 2008 by Paramount Pictures. That adaptation was a misfire and only earned $164 million worldwide despite receiving an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    The first two episodes of The Spiderwick Chronicles will be directed by She-Hulk director Kat Coiro. Locke & Key‘s Aron Eli Coleite will serve as the showrunner; he’ll executive produce the series with Coiro, Black and Dierlizzi. Also executive producing the series are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, and Julie Kane-Ritsch.

    Source: Deadline.

  • Disney+s ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds Mychala Lee to Round Out the Cast as Mallory

    Disney+s ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds Mychala Lee to Round Out the Cast as Mallory

    It looks like Disney+’s upcoming adaptation of Spiderwick Chronicles has rounded out its cast with Mychala Lee, who is set to take on the role of Mallory. It’ll adapt the book series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, which will explore the story of a bunch of kids moving back to Michigan with their mother where they are pulled into a magical world.

    Lee joins the cast of Lyon Daniels and Noah Cottrell, who will play the twins Jared and Simon. Joy Bryant will play their mother and they’re also joined by Christian Slater‘s Mulgarath. According to Variety, Lee‘s character is described as “a classic firstborn child. She is extremely Type A, smart, determined, and ambitious. She strives for perfection in everything she does, from learning to drive to her passion for fencing. While she loves her brothers, her parents’ divorce and her life being uprooted is putting more than the usual strain on their normal sibling rivalry“

    Disney+ has been quite busy expanding beyond its Marvel and Star Wars offerings by entering the young adult market. Spiderwick Chronicles is only slowly getting ready for production but they’ve already been busy working on the adaptation of Percy Jackson, which just recently got a first look released. So, it seems we’ll have quite a bit more heading our way soon.

    Source: Variety

  • Lyon Daniels & Noah Cottrell to Star in ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’

    Lyon Daniels & Noah Cottrell to Star in ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’

    Following the news that Christian Slater joined the cast of The Spiderwick Chronicles for Disney+, Deadline has confirmed the addition of two more cast members. Per the outlet, Lyon Daniels & Noah Cottrell are set to star in the series as twin brothers Jared and Simon. Daniels will play adventurous, clever, and impulsive twin brother, Jared, while Cottrell will play he thoughtful, more rational twin Simon, who is an animal lover.

    The Disney+ series is based on the book series of the same name by authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. It tells the story of two twin brothers, Jared and Simon. After they move from New York to Michigan, into a run-down ancestral home – The Spiderwick Estate – with their mother and sister, Mallory, Jared and Simon soon find themselves pulled into an alternate and fantastical world. The series consists of eight books in total and was previously adapted into a feature film in 2008 by Paramount Pictures. That adaptation was a misfire and only earned $164 million worldwide despite receiving an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    Daniels recently appeared in Netflix’s We Can be Heroes, as well as Amazon’s Patriot. While Cottrell starred in The Gordita Chronicles on HBO Max and played the role of Diego on the Punky Brewster reboot series.

    The first two episodes of The Spiderwick Chronicles will be directed by She-Hulk director Kat Coiro. Locke & Key‘s Aron Eli Coleite will serve as the showrunner; he’ll executive produce the series with Coiro, Black and Dierlizzi. Also executive producing the series are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, and Julie Kane-Ritsch.

    Source: Deadline.

  • Disney+’s ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds Christian Slater as Mulgarath

    Disney+’s ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds Christian Slater as Mulgarath

    The upcoming Disney+ adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles has found its Mulgarath, as Christian Slater is set to take on the role in the live-action adaptation of the fantasy books. The character is an ogre that eats people and has an insatiable desire to consume. Still, his true goal is to uncover the secrets within Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Natural World that may be what could satisfy his hunger. Slater is definitely a great choice for the character.

    We don’t know how exactly they’ll adapt the iconic book series, as they could go with a darker take or stick to some of the goofier looks from earlier designs. It’s interesting that Diseny+ is building up its own iconic franchises based on popular young adult novels, such as a live-action Percy Jackson series also in active development.

    Kat Coiro is set to direct the first two episodes of the series with Paramount Television Studios involved alongside 20th Television. There’s no word on if Mulgarath will be a practical design or mostly be brought to life through CG, but it does seem like they are all in with these projects. The character was previously played by Nick Nolte in the 2008 adaptation and we’ll see what unique twist Slater might bring to the role.

    Source: Deadline

  • Disney+’s ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds ‘She-Hulk’s Director Kat Coiro

    Disney+’s ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adds ‘She-Hulk’s Director Kat Coiro

    Disney has been busy expanding its live-action repertoire for Disney+, and it seems that they are slowly moving forward with another one of their projects. The adaptation of the fantasy book series The Spiderwick Chronicles has been in development for some time, and it seems that they have now added She-Hulk director Kat Coiro to the mix.

    She will join to direct the first two episodes that will follow the Grace Family, as they move into an ancestral home that starts to unravel a dark mystery on a faerie-filled world existing parallel to theirs. It’s described as a “modern coming-of-age story combined with fantasy adventure.” Coiro will also be on-board as an executive producer for the series. Paramount television Studios and 20th Television are working on the series with Locke & Key‘s Aron Eli Coleite on board as showrunner.

    Coiro made a name for herself working on the rom-com Marry Me which starred Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson. She also worked on the six episodes of the other Disney+ series, She-Hulk where she directed the pilot episode. She’s also worked on Dead to Me, Shameless, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Modern Family to name just a few. So, she’s definitely made a splash in the industry’s TV endeavors.

    Source: Deadline

  • Disney + Day: ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Series In Development

    Disney + Day: ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Series In Development

    As part of its first Disney Plus Day, Disney revealed that they are developing a series based on the popular children’s books known as The Spiderwick Chronicles. The series of 5 books, written by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, were published from 2003-2004.

    The books tell the tales of the Grace children as they discover a world of fairies and magic after moving to a new home. Freddie Highmore led the cast of a 2008 film adaptation which will be unrelated to this series. Disney had little to offer on the series other than calling it a “modern coming of age story combined with fantasy adventure.”