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.
