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SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary The Grace family's fight against Mulgarath has hit a shocking wall in The Spiderwick Chronicles finale. Based on the fantasy book series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, the Roku Channel show revolves around twins Jared and Simon, their older sister Mallory and recently divorced mother Helen moving into their ancestral family home in a small Michigan town.
The Spiderwick Chronicles' BTS Journey Is "Overwhelming" & Thrilling For Coleite To Reflect On Before making its debut on The Roku Channel, The Spiderwick Chronicles had been set up at Disney+, with the streamer looking to continue their anticipated success with Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
The Change To Mulgarath's Role Came From "The DNA" Of The Books Unlike the source material, in which he is more of a villain in the background, Mulgarath plays a big part in The Spiderwick Chronicles show, disguising himself as Jared's therapist and using his position to manipulate his way into the Grace family.
But where did Jared get that black eye? How did that happen? It happened with some kind of fight at school. So, that really spoke to me.
She told us the story of fetches, these portents of death, it goes back to an old Irish lore. And if you saw one, it meant that your death was imminent, and that they sustained on death, and that's how they thrive. This felt like such a perfect allegory for a teenager, especially for a teenage creature like Calliope. We like to call her "the loneliest monster on the planet", because it's not only that humans are afraid of death, but all creatures are afraid of death.
Aron Eli Coleite: It's a really good question. I have some thoughts about it, especially as it relates to the dragon. The deal that was made, that really spoke to her, was, "Well, if we save the dragon, then there will be death for you." I think it's a little bit of a psychological-ism that gets said a lot these days, but we want to be seen for who we are.
The Spiderwick Chronicles' Cliffhanger Ending Was Decided "Really Early On" Despite their best efforts to stop him, Mulgarath somewhat succeeds in his plans by disguising himself as Jared and convincing Mallory to stab her brother with the vorpal sword, sending him into the Faerie world, where he's met by his great-grandfather Arthur.
Aron Eli Coleite: It's a different sword in the books. I believe that there's a sword that she gets from the dwarves, and I wanted to reference that sword. And again, in their keepers of lore, Tony was like, "It shouldn't be a dwarves sword. It shouldn't be that. It should be the vorpal sword." And I'm like, "This is why I love collaborating with them." Because they know exactly where the missteps are, and how to avoid them.
And the other major rule that we wanted to place in the vorpal sword was you can only use it for the right reasons, your intention has to be completely pure. And one of the reasons why she can't do it initially is not only based on her insecurity, but it's based on pride. She can't wield it, because she wants to be the hero, she wants to prove how wonderful and amazing she is.
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