Cassandra Clare took to writing about how little control she had over the City of Bones film on her Tumblr. She repeats that by giving the rights of her books away, the filmmakers can do whatever they please.
“I’ve always said I didn’t have ultimate control over this movie. (I said it on my website, and here, seven months ago and a year ago : “When you give over your movie rights you have to accept that decisions about how to adapt your books will be made without you. ) I clarified my position and influence re: the movie here a month ago: : ’The producers and director and production designer were all nice enough to come to me to consult about various things. I gave my opinion. Sometimes they took it. Sometimes they didn’t take it. Sometimes they took part of it but not the rest. Some things I was never asked about and was as surprised as everyone else to see.”
Interestingly, even being on set doesn’t change that – about 60% of what I saw filmed, including a ton of location shooting in ‘Idris’ and flashbacks, didn’t make it in — I hope it’s on the DVD because I think you guys would like it. None of that is a criticism of the movie — but often if you have questions about why things were changed, or when or how, I won’t know the answer, because I don’t know either. I just hope you do know that whenever I was asked for input, I gave it with what I thought you guys would want in the forefront of my mind.
In the end, a film is an interpretation: it’s the director’s vision of a book. If you don’t like it, you’re not a bad fan. If you do like it you’re not a bad fan. If you have a ton of strong opinions well, you’re a fan. 🙂 It’s the nature of the beast. The books will always be the books and nothing changes that. “
If you want to read more go HERE
Also in the post, Clare writes about the amazing time she’s had promoting this film by meeting Shadowhunters, and there are lots of cute pictures of her and the cast.
Tags: Cassandra Clare, City of Bones, The Mortal Instruments
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