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Post by moonstruck-me on Jun 20, 2015 14:12:51 GMT -5
Shadowhunters is a new show that'll premiere sometime next year. This new series is based on the book series called: The Mortal Instruments. The first book was also made into a movie called, The Mortal Instruments: City of bones which premiered in 2013. The movie didn't do so well and I guess someone made the decision to make the book series into a tv series instead. The 2 gay characters (1 of them being bi) is Alec Lightwood and Magnus Bane. Alec Lightwood will be portrayed by Matthew Daddario: and Magnus Bane will be portrayed by Harry Shum Jr.: They've started filming. Here's more of the cast: And the guys in costume:
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Post by overtherainbow on Jun 21, 2015 7:01:04 GMT -5
Yes, I'm so excited for this show! I loved TMI (I know it got awful reviews, but I still liked it), and I can't wait to see more of Malec!
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Post by justinate on Jun 21, 2015 11:07:01 GMT -5
Matthew is new eye candy to me, of course we already know Harry from Glee.
I've got a question for those who've read the books. Do these two characters get decent focus in the books? I know they're not first-tier characters, but are they second to the leads or much lower down the ranks? And when they do get focus, is it about them and their own stories (esp. romance) or are they simply supporting the lead characters' stories?
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Post by moonstruck-me on Jun 21, 2015 14:58:15 GMT -5
Matthew is new eye candy to me, of course we already know Harry from Glee. I've got a question for those who've read the books. Do these two characters get decent focus in the books? I know they're not first-tier characters, but are they second to the leads or much lower down the ranks? And when they do get focus, is it about them and their own stories (esp. romance) or are they simply supporting the lead characters' stories? From what I understand (I've only read 2 books) they do get a pretty decent focus. And I know when the focus is on them it's about them, their own storyline, so they're not always just supporting the lead characters. I hope the series will focus a lot on these 2 because from how much Magnus was in the first book and the movie, it's amazing Harry is already on set and filming. His part didn't seem that big in the first book and in the movie, so I hope it's a good sign he's filming already.
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Post by justinate on Jun 22, 2015 10:48:50 GMT -5
Thanks Nanii. Full-fledged LGBT characters are rarer in sci-fi/fantasy than unicorns are in mainstream novels. It's as if alternate sexualities are harder to come by in universes inhabited by magic and extraterrestrials. What gives? At least this author seems to do justice to the LGBT community.
Hopefully by adapting this into a tv series rather than a movie, they'll be able to devote more time to developing POVs and independent stories for Alec and Magnus. I remain cautiously optimistic and terribly impatient for this series to make it to air. A whole year is far too long a wait!
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Post by overtherainbow on Jun 23, 2015 3:00:55 GMT -5
Thanks Nanii. Full-fledged LGBT characters are rarer in sci-fi/fantasy than unicorns are in mainstream novels. It's as if alternate sexualities are harder to come by in universes inhabited by magic and extraterrestrials. What gives? At least this author seems to do justice to the LGBT community. Hopefully by adapting this into a tv series rather than a movie, they'll be able to devote more time to developing POVs and independent stories for Alec and Magnus. I remain cautiously optimistic and terribly impatient for this series to make it to air. A whole year is far too long a wait! Correction: gay male characters are rare, lesbians are not. There's currently lesbian characters on most tv shows, and that includes sci-fi, for example The 100, Orphan Black, Agents of Shield, Once Upon a Time, Gotham etc.
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Post by vesper on Jun 23, 2015 10:29:22 GMT -5
Yes, Harry Shun playing a gay character <3 <3
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Post by kevvoi on Jun 23, 2015 11:46:29 GMT -5
Yes, Harry Shun playing a gay character <3 <3 He also played a gay character in the movie White frog -- though his scenes are really short. His love interest was played by Gregg Sulkin.
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Post by mizuryuu on Jun 23, 2015 19:04:27 GMT -5
Harry Shum Jr being Magnus is great... but that is way too much makeup in that first cast picture...
I'm fairly sure that this is going to be "inspired" by the book series, so it isn't too surprising that Magnus showed up early, since he is a fairly popular character. Enough to have a book written just about him and his history. Lets just hope they don't make any major change like the relationship between Magnus and Alec...
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Post by alohaTHOR on Jun 24, 2015 2:14:58 GMT -5
I have 4 of the books but I've only read the first... I never really got into it and after seeing the movie I was further discouraged from continuing. I've heard many times that her other series The Infernal Devices is much better but that's just hearsay.
But from the little screen time they had together in the movie, and from an excerpt I read that Clare wrote for the two, I hope the TV series will do them justice.
What's up with all that makeup on Harry though... hopefully it was just hot and at the end of the day resulting in a smeary mess and ... yeah...
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Post by moonstruck-me on Jun 24, 2015 13:24:13 GMT -5
I have 4 of the books but I've only read the first... I never really got into it and after seeing the movie I was further discouraged from continuing. I've heard many times that her other series The Infernal Devices is much better but that's just hearsay. But from the little screen time they had together in the movie, and from an excerpt I read that Clare wrote for the two, I hope the TV series will do them justice. What's up with all that makeup on Harry though... hopefully it was just hot and at the end of the day resulting in a smeary mess and ... yeah... The Infernal Devices, is that the backstory of Magnus? Yeah... I'm not really certain on the makeup either... I hope it'll look better on screen!
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Post by mimi1985d on Jun 24, 2015 13:33:57 GMT -5
I've read all the books and Magnus and Alec' relationship is a big part of the story especially in the last two books. So I keep my fingers crossed we'll see a lot of them
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Post by cybersparky on Jun 24, 2015 15:56:00 GMT -5
the infernal devices are more a prequel to the mortal instruments, so there are a lot of the older characters in them that are younger, currently on book 2 having see this is coming to the small screen it spiked my interest, the film was a bit meh tbh. i have high hopes for the tv show
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Post by vesper on Jul 3, 2015 5:00:24 GMT -5
Yes, Harry Shun playing a gay character <3 <3 He also played a gay character in the movie White frog -- though his scenes are really short. His love interest was played by Gregg Sulkin. I saw that movie, with Tyler Posey. It was cute.
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Post by overtherainbow on Aug 2, 2015 15:41:40 GMT -5
Matthew Daddario is playing in a gay movie with Victoria Justice named Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. Just wanted to mention it
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Post by Idontthinkso on Aug 2, 2015 15:58:44 GMT -5
Matthew D. Was also in a movie called 'Delivery Man' with Vince Vaughn and he played a gay character in there. Malec (the ship name for these two) is absolute perfection (I mean, bad stuff happens in relationships but they are too cute for this world). I can't wait to see these two actors play these two characters. Might I say, the casting is perfect! I am in love with MATT'S BROWS and HARRY is just a precious baby! The reason that Harry/Magnus has so much makeup and glitter in his hair is because in the books, that's WHO HE IS. That's his personality. He is a fan of glitter and colors! Don't be shocked by what he wears or how he wears it Background info: (Anyone can fix me, I only read the first two books) -Magnus is a High Warlock of Brooklyn and is immortal -Alec Lockwood is a shadowhunter and a mortal Honestly, I just don't want to say anything because I don't even know if it is considered a 'spoiler' GUYS, I AM SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S: IT'S MALEC WEEK GUYS! Cassandra Clare (the author) IG'd a pic of them two at dinner a couple weeks ago with the cast to celebrate the first day (Aug. 1) of Malec appreciation week. Show your love!
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Post by alohaTHOR on Aug 3, 2015 5:25:15 GMT -5
Matthew D. Was also in a movie called 'Delivery Man' with Vince Vaughn and he played a gay character in there. Malec (the ship name for these two) is absolute perfection (I mean, bad stuff happens in relationships but they are too cute for this world). I can't wait to see these two actors play these two characters. Might I say, the casting is perfect! I am in love with MATT'S BROWS and HARRY is just a precious baby! The reason that Harry/Magnus has so much makeup and glitter in his hair is because in the books, that's WHO HE IS. That's his personality. He is a fan of glitter and colors! Don't be shocked by what he wears or how he wears it Background info: (Anyone can fix me, I only read the first two books) -Magnus is a High Warlock of Brooklyn and is immortal -Alec Lockwood is a shadowhunter and a mortal Honestly, I just don't want to say anything because I don't even know if it is considered a 'spoiler' GUYS, I AM SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S: IT'S MALEC WEEK GUYS! Cassandra Clare (the author) IG'd a pic of them two at dinner a couple weeks ago with the cast to celebrate the first day (Aug. 1) of Malec appreciation week. Show your love! View AttachmentForgive me, what I meant to say was that the make-up job seems poorly done as opposed to Godfrey Gao's Magnus. Harry looks more like he just got done going to a grunge or punk rock concert or something of the like whereas Godfrey looks like a sleek and sexy warlock he knows he is.
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Post by overtherainbow on Aug 3, 2015 8:10:34 GMT -5
Matthew D. Was also in a movie called 'Delivery Man' with Vince Vaughn and he played a gay character in there. Malec (the ship name for these two) is absolute perfection (I mean, bad stuff happens in relationships but they are too cute for this world). I can't wait to see these two actors play these two characters. Might I say, the casting is perfect! I am in love with MATT'S BROWS and HARRY is just a precious baby! The reason that Harry/Magnus has so much makeup and glitter in his hair is because in the books, that's WHO HE IS. That's his personality. He is a fan of glitter and colors! Don't be shocked by what he wears or how he wears it Background info: (Anyone can fix me, I only read the first two books) -Magnus is a High Warlock of Brooklyn and is immortal -Alec Lockwood is a shadowhunter and a mortal Honestly, I just don't want to say anything because I don't even know if it is considered a 'spoiler' GUYS, I AM SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S: IT'S MALEC WEEK GUYS! Cassandra Clare (the author) IG'd a pic of them two at dinner a couple weeks ago with the cast to celebrate the first day (Aug. 1) of Malec appreciation week. Show your love! View AttachmentOops.. my bad. Matthew Daddario is actually not gay in the movie, I just assumed. He's a guy with a crush on Niomi played by Victoria Justice. There will be a gay plot in that movie though, considering Ely is gay (and Niomi's best friend) and he kisses Niomi's bf. Idontthinkso: I agree, the make up for Magnus is horrible. Then again.. maybe this is one of those things that just get better eventually, after they see how it looks on screen. Maybe it's a trial and error kind of thing. Or maybe they were just testing out the make up in those pics, and decided it was too much. Yep, that's me.. always the optimist! I don't like the make up either.. I know there's a real chance that the make up might end up looking like that on the show though, and it sucks
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Post by Idontthinkso on Aug 3, 2015 8:40:55 GMT -5
Matthew D. Was also in a movie called 'Delivery Man' with Vince Vaughn and he played a gay character in there. Malec (the ship name for these two) is absolute perfection (I mean, bad stuff happens in relationships but they are too cute for this world). I can't wait to see these two actors play these two characters. Might I say, the casting is perfect! I am in love with MATT'S BROWS and HARRY is just a precious baby! The reason that Harry/Magnus has so much makeup and glitter in his hair is because in the books, that's WHO HE IS. That's his personality. He is a fan of glitter and colors! Don't be shocked by what he wears or how he wears it Background info: (Anyone can fix me, I only read the first two books) -Magnus is a High Warlock of Brooklyn and is immortal -Alec Lockwood is a shadowhunter and a mortal Honestly, I just don't want to say anything because I don't even know if it is considered a 'spoiler' GUYS, I AM SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S: IT'S MALEC WEEK GUYS! Cassandra Clare (the author) IG'd a pic of them two at dinner a couple weeks ago with the cast to celebrate the first day (Aug. 1) of Malec appreciation week. Show your love! View AttachmentForgive me, what I meant to say was that the make-up job seems poorly done as opposed to Godfrey Gao's Magnus. Harry looks more like he just got done going to a grunge or punk rock concert or something of the like whereas Godfrey looks like a sleek and sexy warlock he knows he is. Oh man, Godfrey was really perfect for the role and I do see what you mean, but I'm just so excited to see this story play out on TV that I will take what they give. Hopefully it looks more tamed on TV, Magnus' appearance of course.
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Post by kevvoi on Aug 4, 2015 18:54:58 GMT -5
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Post by morgain on Aug 18, 2015 22:21:11 GMT -5
Matthew D. Was also in a movie called 'Delivery Man' with Vince Vaughn and he played a gay character in there. Malec (the ship name for these two) is absolute perfection (I mean, bad stuff happens in relationships but they are too cute for this world). I can't wait to see these two actors play these two characters. Might I say, the casting is perfect! I am in love with MATT'S BROWS and HARRY is just a precious baby! The reason that Harry/Magnus has so much makeup and glitter in his hair is because in the books, that's WHO HE IS. That's his personality. He is a fan of glitter and colors! Don't be shocked by what he wears or how he wears it Background info: (Anyone can fix me, I only read the first two books) -Magnus is a High Warlock of Brooklyn and is immortal -Alec Lockwood is a shadowhunter and a mortal Honestly, I just don't want to say anything because I don't even know if it is considered a 'spoiler' GUYS, I AM SUPER DUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S: IT'S MALEC WEEK GUYS! Cassandra Clare (the author) IG'd a pic of them two at dinner a couple weeks ago with the cast to celebrate the first day (Aug. 1) of Malec appreciation week. Show your love! Forgive me, what I meant to say was that the make-up job seems poorly done as opposed to Godfrey Gao's Magnus. Harry looks more like he just got done going to a grunge or punk rock concert or something of the like whereas Godfrey looks like a sleek and sexy warlock he knows he is. I have to admit when I heard that Harry Shum was playing Magnus I was like yes... then no.... then yes... Godfrey Gao played Magnus really cat-like. Walking round without any pants and just doing what the hell he wanted. But Harry.... Love seeing him acting again. He is a phenomenal dancer and is just so likable! I will still be lining up to see this one it comes out and I really hope is is more accurate than in the movie! ..... And I will miss Kevin Zegers as well!
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Post by mizuryuu on Aug 20, 2015 16:03:35 GMT -5
Considering Harry Shum's dancing skills, we need more clubbing scenes!!
Also, Harry's makeup doesn't seem nearly that extreme on that article... good sign, I hope...
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Post by dmagiclight on Aug 26, 2015 15:25:48 GMT -5
Can not wait for this I have read all the shadow hunter books plus the Magnus Bane chronicles on my kindle I hope they Include the couple romance,and not just have it in the background
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Post by kevvoi on Sept 3, 2015 14:50:45 GMT -5
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Post by jazz73 on Oct 8, 2015 18:25:23 GMT -5
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