From DHD – Screen Gems has found its Clary Fray. Lily Collins (The Blind Side, Abducted) has landed the coveted role and will star in the feature adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones, the first installment in the Mortal Instruments series. Scott Stewart (Priest) will direct.
Book Jacket:
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . .
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare’s ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
You can read an excerpt here.
I’m so glad about the actors they choose to play Clary and Jace. Lily and Jamie truly do look the part. At first I was against them picking Jamie-campbell because I thought he was ugly and old looking but then it dawn upon that he’s a good actor. I watched this one interview and the whole time i was looking at his face and the way he talked, I was astonished. He is one hundred percent the right choice. Lily is perfect to play Clary. That’s how I pictured Clary to look like. I pictured Clary as having that childlike face and that fragilness to her. I hope they also take there time to look for the right actors for the other characters as well:)Can’t wait till they start filming.