![]() Lyon Daniels ( We Can Be Heroes) and Noah Cottrell ( Gordita Chronicles) have been cast as twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, respectively, in Disney+‘s upcoming live-action series adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles. The Spiderwick Chronicles Finds Its Stars ![]() It’s less personal opinions and more a hearty roundup of what you might have missed. ![]() Last Week in Hollywood is our new weekly series highlighting all the interesting news from the last week that we thought didn’t warrant its own post, but was still worth mentioning. In the age of the blockbuster, it’s easy for some smaller movie and television news to slip through the crack. The Spiderwick Chronicles was the last game the two-decade old studio developed.There’s a lot of breaking news in Hollywood happening every minute. Sadly on MaStormfront closed its doors due to adverse business conditions. Stormfront Studios, which also developed Eragon, developed this version for the PC, PS2, XBOX360 and Wii. The game also features a multiplayer mode on one machine where players can compete in four different arenas to kill as many goblins or catch as many sprites within a time limit or until a certain score is reached.Ī handheld version of The Spiderwick Chronicles was also released for the Nintendo DS, developed by Backbone Entertainment. You also play the role of brownie Thimbletack, who has his own world inside the walls and behind the bookshelves of the Spiderwick estate. In the game, the player assumes the roles of Jared, Simon and Mallory, each with their own weapons, abilities and missions, battling through hordes of various goblins in the vast surroundings of the estate and beyond. The game characters were likened after the movie actors with several cast members reprising their roles for the voice acting of the game, including Freddie Highmore as Jared & Simon Grace, Sarah Bolger as Mallory Grace, and David Strathairn as Arthur Spiderwick. The film and game are in turn based on The Spiderwick Chronicles book series by Tony DiTerlizza and Holly Black. The Spiderwick Chronicles is the video game adaptation of the film by the same name, released at the same time. Only one problem, Arthur is presumed dead since his mysterious disappearance 80 years ago. To end Mulgarath's power, however, the children will need the advice of the elderly aunt Lucinda, and of Arthur Spiderwick himself. Luckily the children get help from Arthur's loyal brownie, Thimbletack, as well as from Hobgoblin, Hogsqueal, and the sprites, who provide special powers to assist in combat, healing and defense. The only thing protecting the twins and their sister from Mulgarath's endless army of goblins, is the magical circle of toadstools surrounding the Spiderwick mansion.Īlthough they each can handle themselves with their own weapon of choice, soon Mulgarath will find a way to break the toadstool spell and nothing will stop him to obtain the book. The Ogre and shapeshifter, Mulgarath, has awoken and wants the book to grow his power into the outside human world. By removing the seal from the field guide, the siblings put themselves in great danger. They discover a sealed field guide in a locked chest, containing their uncle's findings of an unseen world in the surrounding woods - a world a magical creatures such as sprites, brownies and griffins, but also dangerous beings, such as goblins and trolls. Following a bitter divorce between their parents, Jared, Simon and Mallory Grace move with their mother Helen into the estate of their uncle, Arthur Spiderwick, who lived there 80 years earlier.
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