Christian Slater To Star as Mulgarath the Ogre in THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES Filming in Vancouver
Christian Slater is coming to Vancouver to star as Richard Grace/villain Mulgarath the ogre in Disney+’s fantasy adventure The Spiderwick Chronicles.
A modern coming-of-age story combined with fantasy adventure.,The Spiderwick Chronicles follows the Grace Family—twin brothers Jared and Simon, their sister Mallory and mother Helen—as they move into their dilapidated ancestral home and begin to unravel a dark mystery about their great-great Uncle who once discovered the secret and maybe foreboding faerie world existing parallel to their own.
Lyon Daniels and Noah Cottrell will play twin brothers Jared and Simon.
Christian Slater will play Hollywood movie maker Richard Grace, the absentee father of Simon, Jared and Mallory Grace and ex-husband of Helen Grace. But Richard Grace is really Mulgarath in disguise, an evil ogre who wants to steal Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Natural World to become more powerful.
Filming dates: September 12 2022 – January 27 2023.
Showrunner: Aron Eli Coleite
Cast: Lyon Daniels, Noah Cottrell, Christian Slater.
Adapted from the book series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
