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Mostly because he was in Stormbreaker (alex rider 1#) and it was ruined and also because he didn't want to continue his role as Alex rider so there are no more Alex Rider movies.
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Mostly because he was in Stormbreaker (alex rider 1#) and it was ruined and also because he didn't want to continue his role as Alex rider so there are no more Alex Ride..."
I wondered why there weren't more!!
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(Annabeth on set)
Booknut wrote: "“Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters” movie is being filmed!! Annabeth WILL be blonde (I'll post up some pics)."ohhh! that's awesome! :D I just can't wait! :D
Lucinda wrote: "Wow! Loving the fire above...also, i saw the Percy Jackson movie trailer the other night as recomended by a friend & it looked increadible!! Would love to chat more, but i am out today = no compute..."the new percy jackson movie already has a trailer??? where did you find it?????
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Anna,I found out that the tralier i saw was for film 1?! sorry, but i have been searching and found a link below about it- i so need to see them!!
http://percy-jackson-2-movie-trailer.blo..."
Ahhhhh Thanks Lucinda!!!!
that seems like a cool website!! thanks:) and haha i own the first one! shame you don't live here, because we could've had a percy jackson movie night! :D
Anna wrote: "that seems like a cool website!! thanks:) and haha i own the first one! shame you don't live here, because we could've had a percy jackson movie night! :D"That'd be soooo fun!
Anna wrote: "*virtual high five* definitely!! :D"We should do something Percy Jackson related? Like a "movie night" type thing? Hmmm
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Olivia,I wish that we were all in a similar location as a 'Percy Jackson movie night' sounds increadible!!
Lucinda :)"
We could coordinate a time or something and do it that way?
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Olivia,Sounds great, the only thing is the time differences from where you all are...with Booknut's party yesterday i was lucky as to find it at the right time, because usually i am sleeping..."
True...Ahh I wish we didn't all live so far away!! It can be very difficult to coordinate things!
Olivia wrote: "We could coordinate a time or something and do it that way?"sounds good!! hehe would could watch it while we talk about it:)
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Olivia,Sounds great, the only thing is the time differences from where you all are...with Booknut's party yesterday i was lucky as to find it at the right time, because usually i am sleeping..."
*sighs* that's true for me too :(
*grins* i'm from the US! sorry about you're horse accident!!! it sounds serious!
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Olivia and Anna,Would you mind me asking you again which part of the world you are in? My apologies as i am sure that you have already told me but my brain is a bit like a sieve and my memor..."
Sorry about that! That's pretty serious! Trust me. I never fell from a horse, but I'm pretty much a danger magnet!
very intresting!!! i always just say i'm just 100% european ;), but i have a ton of English in me! my gran was born there during WW11, i've always wanted to visit it there!
Dear Lucinda,you're family history is so amazing! that's so cool that your grandmother worked directly to Winston Churchill!!! (at the time my gran was only 12ish i think). So sorry about your great-grandfather!!!
Yes i hope to visit someday!!!! I'd love to travel all around the world! and england is definitely one of the places i'd love to visit!
-Anna:) Xx
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Anna,Both my grandparent were in World War 2; my Grandfather helped to make all the airoplanes and my Grandmother did all the maps for Sir Winston Churchill (they were both artists) & Church..."
That's so awesome! I really wish to visit England one day! There's a lot of effect of GB here as well. So, old English styles, guess I know a little! :)
i have to ask, what does GB mean??? hehe *clueless american*
Anna wrote: "i have to ask, what does GB mean??? hehe *clueless american*"Great Britain. :)
Rimpy wrote: "Anna wrote: "i have to ask, what does GB mean??? hehe *clueless american*"Great Britain. :)"
ohhhhhhhhhhhh! *smacks forehead* duh!
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Anna and Rimpy,If you think of Jane Austen then it is quite essentially British, as there is so much grandeur within English history and elegance about it as you only have to look at our arc..."
*chuckles* If I get all the wealth in the world, I would use it to go all around the world! :D *excited*
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Anna and Rimpy,If you think of Jane Austen then it is quite essentially British, as there is so much grandeur within English history and elegance about it as you only have to look at our arc..."
yes i think seeing all of the art and culture would be beautiful!!!
i have yet to read jane austen or see the movies (shame on me i know!!!) but they sound so beautiful and wonderful!! i just don't own any of them yet! i would also LOVE to visit italy!!! land of the pasta!(joking!..kinda:)
Lucinda wrote: "My favourite childrens book (well, one of them) was 'around the world in 80 days' which is something that i want to do!! so much fun! :)"i've never heard of that book, but that sounds SO much fun!! :) hehe we'll all have to go on a trip around the world together!
Anna wrote: "Lucinda wrote: "Dear Anna and Rimpy,If you think of Jane Austen then it is quite essentially British, as there is so much grandeur within English history and elegance about it as you only have to ..."
Oooh..I love pasta! :D Its so delicious! Yum yum! *mouth starts watering*
Rimpy wrote: "Oooh..I love pasta! :D Its so delicious! Yum yum! *mouth starts watering*"ohhhh yummmmmm!!!!! :D pasta is so amazing!
Oh okay guys..12am here. Gotta go. *yawns* Will catch you people tomorrow! Good Night Lucinda and Anna! :)
Rimpy wrote: "Oh okay guys..12am here. Gotta go. *yawns* Will catch you people tomorrow! Good Night Lucinda and Anna! :)"goodnight Rimpy! sweet dreams :)
oh i herd about that. its supposed to be really good.
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Everyone,There is one book that i am waiting with much anticipation and excitement as to read, and that is JK Rowlings *new* book; the casual Vacancy. It is adult fiction so i don't know how..."
yes i'm so happy she's writing more books! :)
the plot for the casual vacancy didn't interest me much, but i will of course read it! anything by j.k. rowling will be AMAZING!
Lucinda wrote: "Dear Everyone,There is one book that i am waiting with much anticipation and excitement as to read, and that is JK Rowlings *new* book; the casual Vacancy. It is adult fiction so i don't know how ..."
I can't wait! I thought it was out on September 27th?
Lucinda, That's what I thought? I went to B&B a couple days ago and saw some flyers that said September 27th:)
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Olivia wrote: "Book news is the best news:)"i cannot agree more!!!!!!! :D
Anna wrote: "Olivia wrote: "Book news is the best news:)"i cannot agree more!!!!!!! :D"
It just always makes my day:)
Hi Everyone: My Novel, Woman on the Edge of Reality is now free for the next two days on Amazon, it would be great if you could grab a copy to read and let me know what you think of it too. You can get it here in the UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006LMYFAC/ or here in the US http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006LMYFAC/
Woman on the Edge of Reality
Woman on the Edge of Reality
Thanks Linda! I'll definitely check it out!
Olivia wrote: "Thanks Linda! I'll definitely check it out!"
Why thank you Olivia :-)
Dear Linda,It is such a shame that i don't have a Kindle, as i tend to read hardbacks, paperbacks or books on my computer (PDF).
Lucinda x
Linda wrote: "Olivia wrote: "Thanks Linda! I'll definitely check it out!"
Why thank you Olivia :-)"
You're welcome:)
Hi Lucinda you don't need a Kindle as there is a Kindle for PC app that allows you to read kindle books on your computer. It would be great if you could help me make it to No1 on the Top 100 Free by downloading it too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006LMYFAC/
Thanks Linda! I just downloaded it, looks great!Sophie
Sophie wrote: "Thanks Linda! I just downloaded it, looks great!Sophie"
Why thanks Sophie, I'll be interested to hear what you think of it :-)
Linda wrote: "Sophie wrote: "Thanks Linda! I just downloaded it, looks great!Sophie"
Why thanks Sophie, I'll be interested to hear what you think of it :-)"
I will let you know! It's on the top of my to-read list :-)
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Cassandra Clare's views on the Mortal Instruments casting. (From the Mortal Instruments Source)
On Alex Pettyfer:
"People got very attached to Alex Pettyfer as Jace very early on — years ago, when he looked quite different. And when you’ve seen enough fanvids and graphics of someone they actually do become that character in your mind, which I think is actually a lot of what the “Jamie doesn’t look like Jace” stuff is. It’s not that he doesn’t look like Jace, it’s that he doesn’t look like Alex. If Jace looks like a particular person to you, a fixed image in your mind, then no, no one else will look like Jace to you. No one who isn’t in online fandom ever mentions Alex Pettyfer to me. And while I have absolutely nothing against Alex Pettyfer, and wish him entirely the best, he turned down the part of Jace (and Peeta in THG, and the lead in The Seventh Son) because he didn’t want to play teenagers any more; he felt he was too old. And I agree. Mostly when I see people use his image in .gifs as Jace, they’re many years old. He’s grown up from being a pretty boy into being a good-looking man — and that photo is a year old), but Jace, to me, is more boyish — and needs to be someone who can stay boyish-looking for potentially many more years. So no, I don’t think Alex Pettyfer would be the right choice for the role any more. You can feel free to disagree!"
On Jamie:
"Fancasting is about finding people who fit a sort of general consensus about what the characters look like. Casting is about finding someone who can be the character. Sure, Jace is described as hotter than a recordly hot day in Hottsville, but there are a lot of hot characters in books. Hopefully what makes him different is his Jaceness, and that’s what casting is supposed to capture. Jace has to be able to deliver those lines about how darn sexy he is in a self-deprecating way, or he doesn’t come off as funny, he comes off as an asshole. And what looks good in a still photo isn’t necessarily what works on screen, because what actors have to have is charisma and that means that they can convey beauty with the way they move, an expression, the flick of an eyelash. I see people on my tumblr dash every day going ga-ga over actors who would never make it as models because in still photos they just don’t look like much. But when they’re acting, they project it — they, as my screenwriter says, “shine.”
And that’s why Jamie was picked — out of literally hundreds of actors who auditioned — because he really did shine. Not that none of the other actors are/were good actors; different actors suit different parts, but his audition was the best. It was the most Jace. And this is why they don’t just randomly cast the guy from the front of the book."