The moment we’ve been waiting for, ok, well not THAT moment. (Sitting in the theatre watching the movie!!! What were YOU thinking??!) The moment as in….WHAT is GOING ON with the ‘Mortal Instruments’ Movie????? Cassandra Clare finally had the chance to clear up the details with FabLife:

THE REASON THE MOVIE HAS BEEN DELAYED:

“Nobody could settle on a script that they liked, and so there was a lot of back-and-forthing, and finally, it came down from the head of the studio [Screen Gems] that she wanted the script rewritten,” Cassie told TheFABlife. “She didn’t feel like it stuck close enough to the book. I kind of agreed with her. There were some characters that were taken out and things that were switched around, and it was very different from City of Bones.”

CASSANDRA’S WISH LIST OF INCLUSIONS FOR THE SCRIPT

“I really want them to stay true to the relationships between the characters,” she explained. “Jace’s relationship to his adoptive family was really important. I feel like the whole twist with Jace and Clary and their relationship was really important and guides the next two books, and you can’t really take it out. It’s so taboo at the same time, but they’re just going with it. That’s what makes these books.”

WHY THE FIRST SCRIPT STUNK WORSE THAN FOUL CHEESE:

“One of the biggest disappointments in the first script was that warlock Magnus was left out entirely, despite the fact that he has a pivotal role later on, particularly as boyfriend to young Shadowhunter Alec. “That’s one of the things Marlene really got. In the interactions between Alec and Magnus, you can see their burgeoning relationship, which I think is really nice,” she said. “I really wanted them to keep the positive portrayal of gay characters, and the gay relationship was important and relatable and went along with everybody else’s relationships.”

(I think we can all agree that a script without Magnus needed fixing. Are you daft?? What were they THINKING???? *angryeyes*)

NOW THAT IT’S FIXED, WHAT THE FRACK ARE THEY DOING NOW?

King recently turned in revamp the script, and Clare said she’s pleased with it.

“I’ve got my fingers crossed,” she said. “Now, all the producers have to sign off on the rewrite and if they’re happy with it then we move forward. They still want to shoot early next spring, so they’re going to have to go bang, bang, bang with casting and everything like that.”

(Did I hear a “bang, bang, bang with casting” in there?? Totally just choked on my burrito! Happy choke!!!! )

WHEN WILL THIS SITE BE POSTING AS MANY LEGAL SET PICS AND FILMING INFO AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN???

“Clare estimates that we’re probably going to see a spring/summer 2013 release date instead of the previous goal of 2012.”

How are you feeling? Are you ok? I’m actually good with this. Knowing the importance of the re-write did make it easier to bear, however, let’s just approve that sucker and move on!! *bangbangbang*

Via Fablife