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.
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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: Variety
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The mortal instruments might not have as many fans as twilight, but trust me, It’s a much more interesting, much better written series then twilight will ever be!
Though I have to give props to twilight, it’s an ok series I just feel like it’s way too overrated.
The only similarity to the two series is that they have vampires and a love triangle
other then that they just can’t be compared. They are on two completely different fields.
MI FTW
I think, TMI is much better than Twilight
Twilight is too much drama nd too less action
Nd I don’t like Bellan nd Edward xp
TMI is funny, there’s more action nd the story is way more interesting
But that’s just my opinion (:
Sry for the bad english xD
Twilight was my favorite book series until the movie came out, I still love it, but you know, things get old after seeing and hearing it every single day.
The mortal instrument series is my favorite books right now, I bought the series not knowing anything about it, just like I did with twilight, I put off reading it at first because i had bought other books that I had already knew of, and I wanted to read them first.
BUT!
From when I picked the book up, I didn’t pause once till I finished it, and then I picked up the other two and did the same. I can’t wait for the fourth book to come out.
A few things happen in the book that might make some people pause in reading it, but it ends perfectly.
It has way more humor in it than twilight, so some people might like it better, but it also has a little less of romantic feeling than twilight, so some people might not like it as much, though it is about love, I think it’s very cute. The sarcasm in it is perfect.
I know all books turned movies usually suck compared to the books,excluding harry potter, but I think if it doesn’t get blown up like twilight it will be fine!
TMI books were fantastic bought the first two could not put them down bought the third before i had even finished the second. can’t wait for the last one. i am a huge fan of TS and HP but this series was unbelievable, lots of action and well written. i would definitely pay money to see it in film. just hope they stay true to the book i hate it when they leave parts out and replace it with something else.
I enjoy Twilight because it feeds the silly romantic inside me, but TMI does so much more than that. It appeals to a wider audience, is much better written, and all the characters are well-rounded and enjoyable.
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