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Summary Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's beloved fantasy novel series is finding new life on screen with The Spiderwick Chronicles show. First published in 2003, the source franchise includes five mainline books telling the adventures of the Grace children, descendants of the eponymous mythical creature expert who discover his field guide to the magical world, though quickly find they must protect it from falling into the hands of the villainous ogre, Mulgarath.
Black & DiTerlizzi Were Thrilled For The Show To "Open Things Up" That The Movie Couldn't With eight 45-minute episodes in comparison to a 95-minute-long movie, The Spiderwick Chronicles show allowed Coleite more time to expand upon the source material where the film "compresses".
Tony DiTerlizzi: Well, Grant, when we first met with Aron, he held up a copy of a book that was a huge inspiration for us, which was a book called Faeries, which came out in the '70s, and it was illustrated by Brian Froud — who would go on to create the creatures for The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth — and Alan Lee, who worked on a little known trilogy called Lord of the Rings.
Tony DiTerlizzi: So, there was a lot of ongoing conversation, especially early on when he was putting the writers room together, and they were kind of getting started. Because once they got started, Holly and I were there for the first couple of weeks, and then off they went. I think he loved the idea — we were in one meeting, and Holly said, "This is an American fairytale. This is not a British fairy tale, we want it to feel very steeped in Americana, and in America.
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