Joe Otterson TV Reporter Lyon Daniels and Noah Cottrell have been cast in two of the lead roles in “The Spiderwick Chronicles” series currently in the works at Disney+, Variety has confirmed.
The pair join previously announced cast member Christian Slater, who will play the villain Mulgarath. The show was first announced as part of Disney+ Day in November 2021.
Based on the best-selling children’s books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, “The Spiderwick Chronicles” follows the Grace family — twin brothers Jared (Daniels) and Simon (Cottrell), sister Mallory and their mother Helen — as they move into their great-great uncle’s home and discover a world of fairies that exists parallel to their own.
Daniels (“We Can Be Heroes,” “Patriot”) is repped by A3 Artists Agency and Industry Entertainment. Cottrell (“The Gordita Chronicles,” “Punky Brewster”) is repped by Innovative Artists, The Kim Dawson Agency, and Goodman Genow.
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