Hi, everyone!

I decided that the first blog topic would be filmmaking so that I could try to ease some of your fears about the movies. I apologize in advance for the length, but I hope it’s informative. We got some awesome news this week and that basically means that a lot more is going to be happening in terms of The Mortal Instruments films. We’ll start getting news about casting once they start that process and it will all just go from there, won’t it? I’ve never been really invested in a fandom before the films (well, Potter, but I was 10, so it wasn’t as big to me back then), so this feels really, really exciting.

But at the same time, I know that a lot of you are very apprehensive about the films being in the wrong hands, being screwed up the way other movies have been, and just generally filled with anxiety over the movies not living up to your high expectations. What do I say to this? Well, read on!

Thank you to everyone who entered the relaunch contest! There were more than fifty entries (some people didn’t comment on the post–just registered) and a lot of you really took advantage of the extra entries you could get by Tweeting and spreading the word! I wish I could give you all prizes, but alas, I am a poor college student.

The winner will receive the prize pack pictured to the right. It’s a signed City of Glass bookplate, Mortal Instruments journal with artwork by Val Freire, and a somewhat rare Mortal Instruments postcard, also with artwork by Ms. Freire.

And the winner is…

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(This has been a dramatic pause, brought to you by Mundie Source!)

Maidenveil! Congrats! I’ll be e-mailing you shortly to let you know that you’ve won!

To everyone else: Thank you so much for entering and supporting Mundie Source. I hope to continue to be your #1 source for Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices news–especially as we move into the early stages of the filmmaking process with The Mortal Instruments movies.

Cassie just posted on LiveJournal to announce that the movies now have a home with Screen Gems, a branch at Sony Pictures. What else was the big news? The other big news is that we now have a director! Scott Stewart will be directing. Below is the press release, which I ripped from the LJ post.

MORTAL INSTRUMENTS

* Screen Gems has teamed with Constantin Film and Unique Features to develop
the motion picture franchise MORTAL INSTRUMENTS based on The New York Times
Bestselling book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. Jessica
Postigo penned the script which is based on the first book in the series,
City of Bones. Constantin Film¹s head of Film & TV Martin Moszkowicz will
executive produce and Robert Kulzer will produce the project via the
Constantin Film banner along with producing partners Michael Lynne, Robert
Shaye, and executive producer Dylan Sellers via their Unique Features
banner.

* In City of Bones, set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary
teenager Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendent of a line of
Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of
our world. When Clary’s mother disappears, she must join a daring group of
young Shadowhunters on an adventure, which leads her through a city filled
with mischievous fairies, eccentric warlocks, werewolf gangs and other
strange creatures.

* MORTAL INSTRUMENTS marks the third Screen Gems project for director Scott Stewart. He
directed Screen Gems’ PRIEST which is currently in post-production and due
out in theatres in 3D on May 13, 2011. Additionally, the studio released
his directorial debut, LEGION.

* The Mortal Instruments is a series of novels published by Margaret K.
McElderry Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., including City of
Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, and the upcoming City of Fallen Angels.

* Clint Culpepper, Screen Gems¹ President, and Eric Paquette, Screen Gems¹
SVP of Production, will oversee the project for the studio. 

Cassie mentions in the post that she is happy with everything thus far and thinks that her books are in good hands. She also says that Screen Gems is responsible for Easy A (one of her favorite movies in recent months) and says she thinks that Emma Stone would make a great Clary (but she’s just saying it in passing–it’s not a hint!).

Now that there is a director and a studio, we expect things to start moving! Let’s see what the next few months bring us. In the meantime, what do you think about this news?