One of this weekend’s most promising new streaming releases for younger crowds is no doubt the long-awaited book-to-screen adaptation of the fairy-tale fantasy adventures of Michael Buckley’s The Sisters Grimm, which is now available to stream via Apple TV+ subscription. Though the superb illustrations from Peter Ferguson aren’t on display, Titmouse’s talented animators successfully brought Sabrina, Daphne, Relda and the rest to life, with the six-episode first season adapting the first Fairy Tale Detectives novel. But don’t go thinking that was a quick and easy process for the author.
CinemaBlend spoke with Michael Buckley (alongside showrunner Amy Higgins) ahead of the new animated series hitting the 2025 TV schedule, and both were extremely happy to have a fully fleshed out SIsters Grimm series to discuss. Given the first novel was published in 2005, with another eight books released over the next seven years or so, it seems like we should have been on the second or third attempt to adapt the books, but this is the indeed the first attempt that went all the way.
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With voice work from Modern Family‘s Ariel Winter and Kindergarten: The Musical‘s Leah Newman (niece to Randy Newman), and co-starring SNL vet Laraine Newman and Ted Lasso‘s Billy Harris, The Sisters Grimm is currently available to stream in full on Apple TV+, so quit talking to magic mirrors and start watching.