Mortal Instruments Taps Fresh Blood

More casting news is coming in for the tale of a teenager taxed with the unenviable task of protecting our world against hideous demons, Mortal Instruments. Read on for the next person ready to step up and keep evil at bay!

Variety reports that newcomer Jemima West has joined the cast of the Screen Gems and Constantin film. Lily Collins and Jaime Campbell Bower also star in the pic helmed by Harald Zwart.

In the film “Clary, a seemingly ordinary teenager, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and other deadly creatures.”