Last week I shared the news about the TMI T.V. Series casting call, here. Since then there's been a lot of discussion about the cast. Many fans are wanting the TMI movie cast to be cast for the TV series, and other fans are said they want a whole new cast. Before I talk about the TV series cast, I just want to say GOOD LUCK to the fans who have mentioned they are wanting to try out for the cast or they know of someone who is wanting to try out for it. Please let us know how your auditions go.
So, let's talk about the TV series cast. A lot of fans have been talking about and hoping that the TMI Movie cast will be the same for the T.V. series. As much as we love our TMI movie cast, the truth is, the TMI Movie cast, was cast for the movie. Only. The T.V. series cast will be it's own cast. Why? Well for starters, the movie and the T.V. shows are two totally different things. Movies and T.V. shows are done differently. The movie is done through a studio, which was Sony, while the TV show will be done through a network, which is ABC Family. Each has their own way of doing business and running things. They each have their own cast, as well as their own scripts and so forth.
The TMI Movie was it's own adaptation of Cassandra Clare's City of Bones book, brought to the big screen. It had it's own storyline, it's own cast, and everything else that made it come to life movie wise. Similar to the movie, The Shadowhunter TV series will be it's own version of the adaptation of the book. It will be made totally differently, only instead of hitting the big screen, it's being made for TV. We loved our movie cast, and what they did for the movie. If the TV series was going to be a continuation of the movie, which it is not, then I could see having the same cast. Sure, there is that insanely small percentage that someone from the movie cast could be in cast for T.V. series, but that rarely happens.
The T.V. series, as I mentioned above, will be a brand new adaptation of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments book series. It will be it's own story entirely different than that of the movie. With that will come a whole new cast to bring the story to life. Also different from the movie, the TV adaptation will be made to fit it into the allotted time for TV, vs the two hours or so for the big screen. I have always said the The Mortal Instruments series would make a great T.V. series, and I still firmly believe that. There is so much depth to the storyline, that I feel can be better featured in a series that spans many episodes vs being done for a two hour movie. When it comes down to it, no one can ever change the movie cast, just like you can't change the characters in the book.
When you're telling a new version of the story, you'll need a new cast of actors to tell that story. One of the things that I'm excited about with the T.V. series is having a new cast to fall in love with. I'm looking forward to seeing what they bring to the books characters I love. I really hope that the actors/actresses they do cast, do portray the essence of what makes the TMI characters who they are. To me that will be the most important thing with the new cast. When it comes to casting, I love it when TV networks are able to find no name actors and turn them into household names. I'm anxious to see who's cast.
I'm really looking forward to hearing more news about the cast. What are your thoughts? Are you glad the TV series cast will be a totally different cast that the TMI movie cast? Who do you want to see cast in the TV series?
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