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Is ‘The Mortal Instruments’ The Next ‘Twilight’?
Ever since Twilight made author Stephanie Meyer a millionaire, it seems as if the publishing industry has caught teen angst/fantasy/horror fever. Naturally, the fever spread to Hollywood where new movies about teenage werewolves, vampires, and various other classic movie monsters are appearing at an alarming rate. According to Variety, the most recent fantasy franchise to make the jump to the big screen will be Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series.
For those unfamiliar with The Mortal Instruments, here’s a quick blurb from the Variety article: “Story revolves around teenager Clary Fray’s search for her missing mother, which leads her to a city filled with mysterious fairies, raucous warlocks, vampires and other demons.” Collectively, The Mortal Instruments series of books have spent 28 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
The Mortal Instruments film, which will compile the first three books of the four-book series, is being produced by Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne of Unique Features. Constantin Film will also play a role in producing the film. For the screenplay, Unique has signed screenwriter Jessica Postigo, who wrote the still unreleased Operation Checkmate, which details the hostage of Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio.
It would be easy to dismiss this series and others like it for seemingly cashing in on a fad, but that’s unfair to both the author and the filmmakers. Since I haven’t personally read the series myself, I’m going to hold off on passing judgment for the time being. However, if there are any fans of these books out there in Screen Rant land, please feel free to leave your comments below.
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The Mortal Instruments Novels to make a Film
Must be a great time to be a young adult novel writer as it seems to be the new gold mine for films. Get your book series on the New York Times Bestseller list and it also gets on the radar for studios to make a movie out of it.
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare is next up.
Screen Rant says:
For those unfamiliar with The Mortal Instruments, here’s a quick blurb from the Variety article: “Story revolves around teenager Clary Fray’s search for her missing mother, which leads her to a city filled with mysterious fairies, raucous warlocks, vampires and other demons.” Collectively, The Mortal Instruments series of books have spent 28 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
Of course this is not the first time a book has been made into a movie, but ever since Harry Potter and Twilight after that, the books that target the young adult and teens are being taken a lot more seriously.
The first three books of Clare’s book series will be the source of the film which is a modern take on a fairy tale world existing in paralell with our own.
It sounds like an interesting concept, and I look forward to seeing what they do with it. Will be interesting to see if the fourth book is enough to justify a sequel since the first three are making up the first planned film.
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Ever since Twilight made author Stephanie Meyer a millionaire, it seems as if the publishing industry has caught teen angst/fantasy/horror fever. Naturally, the fever spread to Hollywood where new movies about teenage werewolves, vampires, and various other classic movie monsters are appearing at an alarming rate. According to Variety, the most recent fantasy franchise to make the jump to the big screen will be Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series.
For those unfamiliar with The Mortal Instruments, here’s a quick blurb from the Variety article: “Story revolves around teenager Clary Fray’s search for her missing mother, which leads her to a city filled with mysterious fairies, raucous warlocks, vampires and other demons.” Collectively, The Mortal Instruments series of books have spent 28 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
The Mortal Instruments film, which will compile the first three books of the four-book series, is being produced by Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne of Unique Features. Constantin Film will also play a role in producing the film. For the screenplay, Unique has signed screenwriter Jessica Postigo, who wrote the still unreleased Operation Checkmate, which details the hostage of Colombian-French politician Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio.
It would be easy to dismiss this series and others like it for seemingly cashing in on a fad, but that’s unfair to both the author and the filmmakers. Since I haven’t personally read the series myself, I’m going to hold off on passing judgment for the time being. However, if there are any fans of these books out there in Screen Rant land, please feel free to leave your comments below.
( source )
The Mortal Instruments Novels to make a Film
Must be a great time to be a young adult novel writer as it seems to be the new gold mine for films. Get your book series on the New York Times Bestseller list and it also gets on the radar for studios to make a movie out of it.
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare is next up.
Screen Rant says:
For those unfamiliar with The Mortal Instruments, here’s a quick blurb from the Variety article: “Story revolves around teenager Clary Fray’s search for her missing mother, which leads her to a city filled with mysterious fairies, raucous warlocks, vampires and other demons.” Collectively, The Mortal Instruments series of books have spent 28 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List.
Of course this is not the first time a book has been made into a movie, but ever since Harry Potter and Twilight after that, the books that target the young adult and teens are being taken a lot more seriously.
The first three books of Clare’s book series will be the source of the film which is a modern take on a fairy tale world existing in paralell with our own.
It sounds like an interesting concept, and I look forward to seeing what they do with it. Will be interesting to see if the fourth book is enough to justify a sequel since the first three are making up the first planned film.
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