Lily Collins Cast as a Half-Angel Warrior in THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS
Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror) has been cast in the lead role of director Harald Zwarts' (The Karate Kid) film project, The Mortal Instruments. The movie is based on the novel written by Cassandra Clare.
The story sounds pretty cool, it's set "in contemporary New York City, [where] a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures."
I've never read these books, but apparently they have a huge following. It seems like it would make for a pretty awesome movie. It kind of has a Buffy the Vampire Slayer kind of thing going, with all of the supernatural elements and the warriors that could be compared to the slayers.
Collins is turning into a talented young actress, and I'm sure she'll end up doing well in the role. For those of you that have read the book, does she fit the character?