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Cassandra Clare and the Panned Picture
When we last left out heroine she was leafing some thorny mahogany pickle to her partner-in-crime to go to her big movie premiere.

Well the first of the Mortal Instrument movies is out, ladies and gents!

While not doing terribly bad (Sony had nothing to lose apparently), it didn't exactly shine either taking in only $9 million through the weekend and $14 million at the moment.

So Cassie Claire, er, Clare, has had to do a wee bit of backpedaling.
Covered here but the important tweets are at the bottom.

You see, she didn't really have any control over the film and so if it bombs, it's the movie producer's fault. Nope, zero input on the whole dealio.

Will there be a sequel, given the budget versus the income? Will it matter? Who knows. Expect to see the Mortal Instruments t-shirts next month at your local Hot Topic and see Cassie Clare in her next adventure, Dancing With Wool!

(It could be wood again. Or Woof? Woozie? Dancing With Who?)

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vorpal_blade
2013-08-28 11:46 pm UTC (link)

When you're as prolific as King and so many of your books or stories have been filmed, there are bound to be both hits and misses. Shawshank Redemption, Misery, Stand by Me, Carrie, The Green Mile--all very well-regarded. I couldn't believe the mind-boggling stupidity of the miniseries "It", though. For me, whether a film is supposed to be good or not is more important to me than who wrote the book, who's directing, who's starring, and all that. Loads of people whose work I like have done crap projects I don't want to waste my time on. Not every film or book can be a home run.

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	nevadafighter 2013-08-29 04:37 am UTC (link)
	Considering how cosmic the end of that novel is, back in 1989/1990 a TV miniseries budget just didn't have the resources to do it right, hence the cheesy mechanical spider. But you have to admit Tim Curry was fucking scary--he gave me nightmares after that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cyndra_falin 2013-08-30 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	He gave EVERYBODY nightmares after that. My nephew hates clowns to this day because of IT. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nevadafighter 2013-08-31 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Between IT and Killer Klowns from Outer Space I can't stand clowns either (and the clown eps on Supernatural just helped to reinforce that). (Reply to this)(Parent)

	argylespy 2013-08-29 07:06 am UTC (link)
	"It" was awesome for me because I got to see Martha Kent save Talia Al Ghul from Nigel Thornberry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cyndra_falin 2013-08-30 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	My teenage crush Jonathan Brandis in IT too. Ah youth. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nevadafighter 2013-08-31 01:06 am UTC (link)
	"It" was awesome for me because I got to see Judge Harry Stone and Jack Tripper punch the crap out of a spider. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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