In 2024 , the Roku Channel will debutThe Spiderwick Chronicles , an eight - episode tyke ’s fantasy show that was unceremoniously cancelled two class into production . Disney axed the seriesbased on the bestselling series of books by Tony DiTerlizzi andHolly Blackin an campaign to claim a tax break of serve before the show went to air .
It was originally arrange to be six episodes and has since been expand to eight . The cancellation was part of a plan to bring Disney+ ’s alive - action slate more in line with its objective of producing its own IP , rather than licence work . Paramount , which co - developed the serial alongside Disney , was suppose to be shopping the closely completed series around after the decision was made not to release the show on Disney+ .
“ Showrunner Aron Eli Coleite has crafted a beautiful series full of all the trance that made the books so beloved , and we ca n’t await for interview to encounter these terrific character , ” say Nicole Clemens , President of Paramount Television Studios and Paramount+ Original Scripted Series in a press release .
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The serial stars Christian Slater and Joy Bryant , and follows a family as they move back to their family home in Michigan . There ’s a mystery hidden in the Spiderwick Estate , but there ’s also a sorcerous , fantastic new world just beyond the embryonic membrane . It ’s described as a modern fairytale , a fable - same coming of age story for children .
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