45 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestCharlotte, Wilbur, Fern, and family are off to the County Fair! Will Wilbur win the blue ribbon and ensure his life is saved? Can Charlotte help by spinning a message in her web that's greater than any she's spun before?
When farm pig Wilbur learns he is being raised for slaughter, barn spider Charlotte writes messages in her web to convince the farmer to let him live.
Acting
Amy Adams makes a spider maternal and heartbreaking.
Production
Gorgeous hybrid of live-action and painterly animation.
Writing
Adapts the book's darkness without sanitizing it.
Creator
Luke Matheny
Amy Adams
Charlotte (voice)
Keith David
Old Sheep (voice)
Rosario Dawson
Edith Zuckerman (voice)
Chris Diamantopoulos
Homer Zuckerman (voice)
Cynthia Erivo
Goose (voice)
Griffin Robert Faulkner
Wilbur (voice)
Ana Ortiz
Dolores Arable (voice)
Randall Park
Templeton (voice)
Tom Everett Scott
John Arable (voice)
Jean Smart
Narrator (voice)
Danny Trejo
Gander (voice)
Elijah Wood
Adult Wilbur (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the first Charlotte's Web adaptation to use hybrid animation since the 1973 film; Luke Matheny insisted on practical barn sets for the actors' voice recording sessions.
E.B. White's original 1952 novel was banned in some schools for its frank depiction of death — this miniseries leans into that controversy rather than softening it.
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