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cassandraclare:

“Sometime soon, she’ll start shooting an adaptation of the popular The Mortal Instruments books, in which she stars as Shadowhunter Clary Fray.”

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fuckyeahmortalinstruments:

Talks between Screen Gems and reps for Alex Pettyfer have reached an impasse and insiders familiar the situation say the young Brit won’t be starring in the studio’s adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s bestselling young-adult books, The Mortal Instruments, after all. What happened? Insiders tell Vulture that Pettyfer has been offered the lead role in Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ adaptation of Joseph Delaney’s best-selling YA series The Last Apprentice (known to U.K. readers as The Wardstone Chronicles), about a teenage boy training to be an exorcist in the 1700s. The project is heating up fast, our spies say, with Oscar nominees Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Lawrence possibly playing roles as well; Bridges is being offered the part of the exorcist to whom Pettyfer would be apprenticed, and Lawrence that of a suspected witch.

Meanwhile, a generous, multimillion dollar offer to Pettyfer from Screen Gems remains on the table for Mortal Instruments. But even though he’s a top choice of vocal Cassandra Clare fans to play the role of Jace, insiders now say a deal won’t be made: We’re told that as much Pettyfer likes the Instruments series, he likes The Last Apprentice books even more. Perhaps it can be chalked up to fond childhood memories — a Brit like Delaney himself, Pettyfer is just 20, which means he’s old enough to have grown up with Delaney’s Spook’s books, which debuted when he was only 14 — but we hear he’s mostly excited about working with visually inventive Russian director, Sergey Bodrov, who directed 2005’s Nomad and 2007’s Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan.

OH SHIT!!

fuckyeahmortalinstruments:

Attention, out-of-touch parents! If you want to plan ahead on knowing your tween and teen daughters’ movie crushes, start reading up on Alex Pettyfer. Not only is the British model turned actor about to appear in next month’s Disney adaptation of the James Frey and Jobie Hughes young-adult sci-fi novel I Am Number Four, but Vulture hears that the 20-year-old model-actor also has the offer to star in another YA-franchise coming to the big screen: Screen Gems’ adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. In fact, insiders tell us that Screen Gems chief Clint Culpepper feels so strongly about casting Pettyfer in the supernatural love story that he only wants to green-light the film if he can land the actor. Negotiations are expected to begin late this week, and a formal announcement could come as early as next.

A breakdown of the character Pettyfer has been offered, the sarcastic Shadowhunter Jace Wayland, calls for a heavily inked-up teen with strange symbols all over his rippling, muscular body. Fortunately, Pettyfer already has seven tats, including a Celtic cross on his chest, Arabic script on the inside of his right arm, and Chinese logograms on his lower waist; it’s casting Kismet! As for the heroine, Clary Fray, last month Mortal Instruments director Scott Charles Stewart (Priest) cast 21-year-old starlet Lily Collins (who was in Priest, as well as The Blind Side). Insiders familiar with the situation say that Screen Gems now wants to polish its script a bit, but plans to start shooting the film in March, provided a deal can be made with Pettyfer.

(Source: New York Magazine)

Yeay for Alex Pettyfer as Jace Wayland XDD

fuckyeahmortalinstruments:

These past several months ‘Mortal Instruments’ have flooded the web with discussions on who they want to bring their favorite characters to the big screen in the movie adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s ‘City of Bones.’ Hollywood Crush even wrote a letter to the casting director pleading their case for why British actor Alex Pettyfer should be Jace. Now fans have fallen for another hopeful. A few weeks ago Cassandra Clare and VLC Productions introduced fans to the book trailer cast for the upcoming ‘City of Fallen Angels’ book. Many fans saw their perfect Simon in model and actor Maxwell Reed and many fans are taking action.

Many fans have begun a campaign to get letters to the ‘City of Bones’ director and casting director. Click here to see how you can join the campaign. Social media is also a major networking tool in the campaign. Below is a list of avenues where you can go discuss your hopes for Maxwell Reed to be cast as Simon.

Social media links on Maxwell Reed for Simon Campaign:

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Maxwell Reed on Wordpress

 Reed is very flattered and amazed at the support of Cassandra Clare’s fans. “Cassie Clare’s ‘Mortal Instruments’ fans are totally extraordinary. I am preparing a demo to send to LA, because if the fans are going to this much trouble to push for me, I need to do my part and send in something for them to take a look at.” Says Reed. If you want to see Reed as Simon be sure to join the campaign just like many have done Alex Pettyfer.

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fuckyeahmortalinstruments:

“What is Jace’s birthday?”

CS: I don’t know. I don’t really know the birthdays of any of the characters, unless it’s germane to the plot (like Clary turns sixteen in COB, so I know her birthday’s in August.) I was starting to think I was some sort of mutant so I wrote to several writer friends…