History Trivia / TheMortalInstruments

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!! [[Literature/TheMortalInstruments The Books]]

!! [[Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones The Film Adaptation]]
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $60 million. Box office, $31,165,421 (domestic), $90,565,421 (worldwide).
* DawsonCasting: The film is very guilty of this, casting actors in their mid-to-late-twenties as the teenage main characters. The main protagonists Clary (15) and Jace (17) are being played by Creator/LilyCollins and Creator/JamieCampbellBower, both of whom are 23. Isabelle (16) and Simon (also 16) are being portrayed by 24-year-old actors Jemima West and Creator/RobertSheehan, while most notoriously Alec (18) is being played by 27-year-old Kevin Zegers. That said, the producer has revealed that although they won't be specifying anyone's exact age in the movie, the characters are supposed to be somewhat older than their [[Literature/TheMortalInstruments book]] counterparts. To make matters even more mind-boggling, the character of Luke (who is pushing forty, and acts as a surrogate father to the kids) is being played by the ''28-year-old'' Creator/AidanTurner.
* FakeAmerican: Irish Creator/RobertSheehan plays the American Simon Lewis.
* FollowTheLeader: The film was green-lit as an attempt to fill the void of "teen paranormal romance" films left behind once the last ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' film was released.
* GenreKiller: The film was one of the three films whose failure at the box-office killed the paranormal subgenre of YA Novel adaptations that seemed to be on its way out as far back as late 2010. The failure of this movie along with ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' were bad enough to cause studios to rethink their YA adaptation strategies, going for the ones that were bound to make a lot of money from the get-go- namely dystopian Sci-Fi (not helping matters was that ''[[Literature/TheMortalInstruments the books]]'' were already getting flak from the community for being extremely derivative).
* PromotedFanboy: Lily Collins was a big fan of the books and made several calls as soon as she heard a movie was being made to get an audition for Clary.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Between Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower.
* StillbornFranchise: Became one of these after performing poorer than expected at the box office, with [[http://www.thewrap.com/mortal-instruments-city-of-ashes-delayed-exclusive/ production shut down indefinitely]] on the sequel only a week before it was supposed to start. It is supposedly only a delay requested by the author herself, who was not pleased with the script for the next movie and asked it to be rewritten. In late 2013[=/=]early 2014 it looked like progress was being made on the sequel, with both a new production date and several cast members being re-signed on to the film. However in October 2014, it was officially announced that the sequel had officially been cancelled in favour of [[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/constantin-to-produce-tv-series-based-on-resident-evil-mortal-instrument-franchises-1201328293/ a TV Show adaptation of the books]], starting with a [[ContinuityReboot re-adaptation of the first book]] and continuing with the rest of the series. Of course, even if the film franchise did continue, Godfrey Gao's fatal heart attack in November 2019 would've made for an even greater obstacle.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Alex Pettyfer turned down the part of Jace. Among others who auditioned were Alexander Ludwig, Xavier Samuel, Douglas Booth and Lucas Till before Jamie Campbell Bower won the role.
** Matthew Daddario, who would later play Alec Lightwood in [[Series/{{Shadowhunters}} the TV adaptation of the books]], auditioned for a part in the film.

* StillbornFranchise: Became one of these after performing poorer than expected at the box office, with [[http://www.thewrap.com/mortal-instruments-city-of-ashes-delayed-exclusive/ production shut down indefinitely]] on the sequel only a week before it was supposed to start. It is supposedly only a delay requested by the author herself, who was not pleased with the script for the next movie and asked it to be rewritten. In late 2013[=/=]early 2014 it looked like progress was being made on the sequel, with both a new production date and several cast members being re-signed on to the film. However in October 2014, it was officially announced that the sequel had officially been cancelled in favour of [[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/constantin-to-produce-tv-series-based-on-resident-evil-mortal-instrument-franchises-1201328293/ a TV Show adaptation of the books]], starting with a [[ContinuityReboot re-adaptation of the first book]] and continuing with the rest of the series.

* PromotedFangirl: Cassandra Jean was a fan of the books before she became the series' main illustrator.

* CastingGag: In the film, all of the Shadowhunters have British accents. Clary who is the daughter of one is played by Creator/LilyCollins who is also the daughter [[Music/PhilCollins a Brit]].

* RomanceOnTheSet: Between Lily Collins and Jamie Capmbell Bower.
* StillbornFranchise: Became one of these after performing poorer than expected at the box office, with [[http://www.thewrap.com/mortal-instruments-city-of-ashes-delayed-exclusive/ production shut down indefinitely]] on the sequel only a week before it was supposed to start. It is supposedly only a delay requested by the author herself, who was not pleased with the script for the next movie and asked it to be rewritten. In late 2013[=/=]early 2014 it looked like progress was being made on the sequel, with both a new production date and several cast members being re-signed on to the film. However in October 2014 it was official announced that the sequel had officially been cancelled in favour of [[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/constantin-to-produce-tv-series-based-on-resident-evil-mortal-instrument-franchises-1201328293/ a TV Show adaptation of the books]], starting with a [[ContinuityReboot re-adaptation of the first book]] and continuing with the rest of the series.

** Matthew Daddario, who would later play Alec Lightwood in [[Series/{{Shadowhunters}} the tv adaptation of the books]], auditioned for a part in the film.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Alex Pettyfer turned down the part of Jace. Among others who auditioned were Alexander Ludwig, Xavier Samuel, Douglas Booth and Lucas Till before Jamie Campbell Bower won the role.

* AscendedFanboy: Lily Collins was a big fan of the books and made several calls as soon as she heard a movie was being made to get an audition for Clary.

* GenreKiller: The film was one of the three films whose failure at the box-office killed the paranormal subgenre of YA Novel adaptations that seemed to be on its way out as far back as late 2010. The failure of this movie along with ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' and ''Literature/BeautifulCreatures'' were bad enough to cause studios to rethink their YA adaptation strategies, going for the ones that were bound to make a lot of money from the get-go- namely dystopian Sci-Fi (not helping matters was that ''[[Literature/TheMortalInstruments the books]]'' were already getting flak from the community for being extremely derivative).

* GenreKiller: The film was one of the three films whose failure at the box-office killed the paranormal subgenre of YA Novel adaptations that seemed to be on its way out as far back as late 2010. The failure of this movie along with ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' was bad enough to cause studios to rethink their YA adaptation strategies, going for the ones that were bound to make a lot of money from the get-go- namely dystopian Sci-Fi (not helping matters was that ''[[Literature/TheMortalInstruments the books]]'' were already getting flak from the community for being extremely derivative).

!! [[Series/{{Shadowhunters}} The Television Adaptation]]
* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/TheShannaraChronicles''. Both are teen-oriented fantasy shows based on popular book series that premiered within a week of each other in 2016.
* DyeingForYourArt: Maxim Roy (a brunette) and Sofia Wells (a blonde) dyed their hair red to portray Jocelyn and Young Clary, respectively.
* HeyItsThatGuy
** The male lead is [[Film/VampireAcademy Christian Ozera]].
** [[Series/{{Glee}} Mike Chang]] decided to become a warlock.
** Luke Garroway is Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike
** Its seems [[Series/{{Reign}} King Henri]] needed a break from ruling France.

** [[Series/{{Glee}} Mike]] decided to become a warlock.

* DyingForYourArt: Maxim Roy (a brunette) and Sofia Wells (a blonde) dyed their hair red to portray Jocelyn and Young Clary, respectively.

* StillbornFranchise: Became one of these after performing poorer than expected at the box office, with [[http://www.thewrap.com/mortal-instruments-city-of-ashes-delayed-exclusive/ production shut down indefinitely]] on the sequel only a week before it was supposed to start. It is supposedly only a delay requested by the author herself, who was not pleased with the script for the next movie and asked it to be rewritten. In late 2013[=/=]early 2014 it looked like progress was being made on the sequel, with both a new production date and several cast members being re-signed on to the film. However in October 2014 it was official announced that the sequel had officially been cancelled in favour of [[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/constantin-to-produce-tv-series-based-on-resident-evil-mortal-instrument-franchises-1201328293/ a TV Show adaptation of the books]], starting with a [[ContinuityReboot re-adaptation of the first book]] and continuing with the rest of the series.

* DawsonCasting: The film is very guilty of this, casting actors in their mid-to-late-twenties as the teenage main characters. The main protagonists Clary (15) and Jace (17) are being played by Creator/LilyCollins and Creator/JamieCampbellBower, both of whom are 23. Isabelle (16) and Simon (also 16) are being portrayed by 24-year-old actors Jemima West and RobertSheehan, while most notoriously Alec (18) is being played by 27-year-old Kevin Zegers. That said, the producer has revealed that although they won't be specifying anyone's exact age in the movie, the characters are supposed to be somewhat older than their [[Literature/TheMortalInstruments book]] counterparts. To make matters even more mind-boggling, the character of Luke (who is pushing forty, and acts as a surrogate father to the kids) is being played by the ''28-year-old'' Creator/AidanTurner.

* GenreKiller: The film was one of the three films whose failure at the box-office killed the paranormal subgenre of YA Novel adaptations that seemed to be on its way out as far back as late 2010. The failure of this movie along with ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' was bad enough to cause studios to rethink their YA adaptation strategies, going for the ones that were bound to make a lot of money from the get-go- namely dystopian Sci-Fi (not helping matters was that ''[[Literature/MortalInstruments the books]]'' were already getting flak from the community for being extremely derivative).

* DawsonCasting: The film adaptation is very guilty of this, casting actors in their mid-to-late-twenties as the teenage main characters. Most notorious is 27-year-old Kevin Zegers as 18-year-old Alec. That said, the producer has revealed that although they won't be specifying anyone's exact age in the movie, the characters are supposed to be somewhat older than their book counterparts.