Director: Kathleen Shugrue
Family upheaval leads straight into a hidden world of magical creatures in The Spiderwick Chronicles, a fantasy-adventure series built around one very strange inheritance.
What is The Spiderwick Chronicles about?
After their parents' marriage falls apart, the Grace siblings relocate from Brooklyn to a crumbling ancestral property in Henson, Michigan, expecting nothing more than a fresh start. Instead, the old Spiderwick estate turns out to be tangled up with a hidden, often hostile world of magical beings living just out of sight. As the family settles in, the siblings stumble onto secrets buried in the house for generations, secrets that pull them into direct conflict with forces determined to keep the estate's true nature hidden. Working together, sometimes reluctantly, they have to figure out who or what to trust before the creatures around them decide the choice for them.
Cast & crew
Christian Slater leads the adult cast, while Lyon Daniels, Noah Cottrell, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Mychala Lee play the Grace family navigating the estate's dangers, with Joy Bryant also featured. Kathleen Shugrue directs the series, translating a blend of family drama and fantasy peril into an episodic format.
Context & significance
Released in 2024 and produced in the United States, the show adapts a well-known book series for a new format, with episodes running roughly 49 minutes apiece. It carries a 5.2 rating on IMDb, reflecting a mixed critical reception even as the underlying story keeps its built-in audience of fantasy and family-adventure fans engaged. The series leans on its blend of genres, action, adventure, drama, and fantasy, to keep both younger viewers and their parents invested.
Where & how to watch
The Spiderwick Chronicles streams on K-Time with Persian dub and Persian subtitle options, plus a Farsi interface designed for Persian-speaking households. A free account login is all that is needed to start watching; the page itself is open to read without signing in.