100 Reasons Why We Already Love ‘THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES’

Shadowhunters, we are now 100 days away from the theatrical release of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which hits theaters on Aug. 23.

The ladies at TMI Source got to thinking of a way to celebrate the 100-day mark and decided upon a list highlighting 100 reasons why we are already in love with this movie.

Here’s our list:

100 Reasons Why We Already Love ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’

1. The fact that it was made into a movie.
2. Constantin Film and Unique Features are the ones who produce the movie.
3. Stephanie Corsalini (casting director) is amazing.
4. We have the hottest cast EVER.
5. Lily Collins is Clary.
6. Jamie Campbell Bower is Jace.
7. Robert Sheehan is Simon.
8. Jemima West is Isabelle.
9. Kevin Zegers is Alec.
10. Godfrey Gao is Magnus.
11. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is Valentine.
12. Lena Headey is Jocelyn.
13. Aidan Turner is Luke.
14. Jared Harris is Hodge.
15. Harald Zwart is the director.
16. Harald’s interaction with fans.
17. Martin Moszkowicz and his interaction with fans.
18. On-location filming.
19. The crew.
20. The sets.
21. The costumes.
22. The props.
23. The runes.
24. Our dedicated fans who were able to track down film locations.
25. The crew members who treated our fans like family during filming.
26. The crew made TMI bracelets for fans that showed up to sets.
27. Set photos.
28. Set reports.
29. Fans meeting the actors.
30. Actors’ autographs.
31. Robbie drawing boobs on some of the books.
32. Sideburns Jeff.
33. Cassandra Clare’s involvement in the film.
34. Cassie on set.
35. Cassie’s hand photos.
36. Cassie’s cameo.
37. Cassie’s set diaries.
38. MTV set exclusives.
39. TMI Source and other fan sites invited to set.
40. Jemima has read all of The Mortal Instruments books.
41. Jamie knows all of the runes.
42. Jamie learning to play piano for CITY OF BONES.
43. Jamie and Kevin’s bromance.
44. Pantless Magnus.
45. The teaser trailer.
46. The fact that we got the teaser trailer about a week after filming wrapped.
47. Teaser trailer music (Sunshine by John Murphy).
48. Hodge’s narration in the trailers.
49. “You’re not a mundaaaaaane.”
50. “Have a little faith.”
51. Angelic power rune in Clary’s coffee.
52. Pandemonium scene.
53. Silent Brother sighting.
54. “Welcome to the City of Bones.”
55. At the end of the trailers they tell you to read the book.
56. Teaser poster.
57. Runes hidden inside the teaser poster.
58. “There is a world hidden within our own.”
59. “Two worlds will collide.”
60. WonderCon presence.
61. ComiCon presence.
62. Theatrical trailer.
63. Theatrical trailer music (“All I Need” by Radiohead and “Echelon” by Jack Trammel).
64. PanDEMONium.
65. Jocelyn flashback.
66. Seeing Jocelyn get attacked.
67. Two shots of Luke in the trailers.
68. The Institute.
69. The Mortal Cup.
70. Greenhouse scene.
71. How the runes are incorporated into the Shadow World.
72. Ravener demon.
73. Clary’s rugged look in the film.
74. Isabelle bumping into Eric.
75. One second clip of Magnus.
76.  International trailer.
77. The fact that a 10-second snippet from the international trailer had us hardcore-fangirling for the entire day leading up to the trailer.
78. “I’m the one who’s always been there for you not him.”
79. “You don’t know the first thing about me.”
80. Sony’s marketing.
81. City of Memes.
82. Simon Lewis Tumblr.
83. Clary Fray Pinterest
84. BecomeAShadowhunter.com.
85. Movie stills.
86. A Week of Mortal Love.
87. Character posters.
88. Mortal Reveal.
89. An Instrument of Good.
90. An Instrument of Evil.
91. An Instrument of Chaos.
92. “Capture the Magnificence.”
93. So. Much. Merchandise.
94. Hot Topic clothing line.
95. Temporary rune tattoos.
96. Sony ships Simon and Isabelle.
97. Atli Örvarsson is composing the score.
98. Jamie still wears the Morgenstern ring.
99. 100 days until CITY OF BONES is released.
100. And last but not least…Four months before CITY OF BONES is released they announced that CITY OF ASHES will go into production this fall.

And there are still a whole bunch of things we already love about this movie. Just wait until we actually see it in August, where the list is sure to grow.

To celebrate the 100-day mark, add the hashtag #mortalinstruments hashtag to all of your tweets. 

Be sure to join us on Friday for a special edition of Shadowhunter Hangout at 7pm EST/4pm PST, where we’ll talk all things Mortal Instruments: City of Bones 100-day mark and catch up on the latest news in the fandom.

Shadowhunters: Why do you already love The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones? Sound off in the comments!