‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Teaser Trailer: First Look At Christian Slater & Joy Bryant In Fantasy Series

Roku has released the first trailer for The Spiderwick Chronicles, ahead of the fantasy series’ April launch.

“This town is full of stories,” says Christian Slater’s’ Mulgarath as he sets the scene at the beginning of the teaser. “Some are darker than others. What kind of creatures are lurking inside Spiderwick?”

Per the series official logline: Helen and her children, 15-year-old fraternal twins Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory move to their ancestral home, Spiderwick. Jared discovers a boggart and realizes that magical creatures are real! The only one to believe him is his great-aunt Lucinda who implores Jared to find the pages of her father’s field guide to magical creatures and protect them from the murderous Ogre, Mulgarath.

Roku picked up the exclusive U.S. rights to the television adaptation of the popular children’s fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black after Disney+ opted not to move forward with the series.

Joy Bryant, Noah Cottrell, Lyon Daniels, Mychala Lee, Jack Dylan Grazer also star.

The Spiderwick Chronicles is executive produced by Aron Eli Coleite and Kat Coiro, also also serve as showrunners, along with Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, D.J. Goldberg, Julie Kane-Ritsch and Grace Gilroy. The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 20th Television.

All eight episodes will be available for streaming on The Roku Channel beginning April 19.

Watch the trailer above and see the new key art below.