The teaser trailer for The Spiderwick Chronicles reveals the upcoming Roku series which is based on the popular books of the same name by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
Though it was originally intended to be a Disney+ Original, Roku picked up the show once Disney announced that it would no longer stream the already-completed project.
Check out the The Spiderwick Chronicles trailer below (watch more trailers):
What’s The Spiderwick Chronicles about, and who is in it, and when does it debut?
The Spiderwick Chronicles will be released on Roku on April 19.
The story is a coming-of-age tale that follows the Grace Family as they move from New York to Michigan. They relocate into their family’s ancestral home, and, after arriving, the family discovers the mysteries hidden inside their great grandfather’s Spiderwick Estate. They also discover a secret and magical world.
The cast includes Joy Bryant as Helen Grace; Noah Cottrell as Simon Grace; Lyon Daniels as Jared Grace; Mychala Lee as Mallory Grace; Jack Dylan Grazer as the voice of Thimbletack and Christian Slater as Mulgarath.
The series is executive produced by Aron Eli Coleite, who also serves as showrunner, along with Kat Coiro, who directs the first two episodes of the series. Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, Julie Kane-Ritsch and Grace Gilroy also executive produce.