Roku Channel has launched a teaser trailer for the upcoming sequence “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” after it acquired the present after Disney+ selected to not transfer ahead with it. All eight episodes will likely be out there to stream on April 19.
Adapted from the e book sequence by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, “The Spiderwick Chronicles” follows a gaggle of siblings as they embark on a fantastical journey. The official description reads, “Helen and her children, 15-year-old fraternal twins Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory move to their ancestral home, Spiderwick. Jared discovers a boggart and realizes that magical creatures are real! The only one to believe him is his great-aunt Lucinda who implores Jared to find the pages of her father’s field guide to magical creatures and protect them from the murderous Ogre, Mulgarath.”
The solid options Joy Bryant as Helen Grace, Noah Cottrell as Simon Grace, Lyon Daniels as Jared Grace, Mychala Lee as Mallory Grace, Jack Dylan Grazer because the voice of Thimbletack and Christian Slater as Mulgarath.
Aron Eli Coleite and Kat Coiro are the showrunners. Executive producers embrace Coleite, Coiro, Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, Julie Kane-Ritsch and Grace Gilroy. The sequence is produced by Paramount Television Studios and twentieth Television.
Roku launched an announcement when the sequence was acquired: “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 for Roku Media. “We cannot wait to introduce this exquisitely crafted series, imagined by a world-class creative team, to millions of streamers.”
Watch the teaser trailer beneath.