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Martin Short, Nick Nolte, Mary-Louise Parker, and Joan Plowright ....
 Paramount PIctures
Izabella Miko and Andrew McCarthy have also boarded the production,
which is being made by Nickelodeon Movies, Atmosphere Entertainment
MM and the Gotham Group, and is mixing live action with visual
effects.
Spiderwick is based on the best-selling books by Holly Black and Tony
DiTerlizzi. The books center on twin brothers Jared and Simon, who,
along with their sister Mallory, uncover a world of fairies and other
creatures. Freddy Highmore has already been cast as the twins, and
Sarah Bolger will play the sister.
Parker would play the kids' mother, worn out by her recent separation
from her husband (McCarthy). Nolte and Short will lend their voices
for a couple of otherworldly characters: Mulgrath, a shape-shifting
evil lord trying to get his hands on the kids, and
Thimbletack/Bogart, a small being that can either protect a household
or mischievously throw it into disarray.
Plowright will play the kids' aunt, who is deemed crazy because she
can see the creatures and is put into an asylum. Miko will be the
leader of the elves. Production is under way in Montreal.
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