The Spiderwick Chronicles
Their world is closer than you think.
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A family-centered fantasy adventure where siblings discover a hidden magical world and must work together to protect it, balancing wonder with genuine peril and emotional stakes rooted in their fractured family.
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Essence
Ensemble
Freddie Highmore
Jared Grace / Simon Grace
Sarah Bolger
Mallory Grace
David Strathairn
Arthur Spiderwick
Mary-Louise Parker
Helen Grace
Nick Nolte
Mulgarath
Joan Plowright
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Andrew McCarthy
Richard Grace
Seth Rogen
Hogsqueal (voice)
Martin Short
Thimbletack (voice)
Jordy Benattar
Young Lucinda Spiderwick
Lise Durocher-Viens
Mrs. Spiderwick
Tod Fennell
Helen's Co-Worker
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