Jonathan Rhys Meyers Tuning Up his Mortal Instruments

More casting news has hit this crazy thing we call the interwebs for the big screen adaptation of Mortal Instruments. Or in this case… more possible casting news. Read on for the latest details on who could be signing up for active duty!

THR reports that Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors,” Mission Impossible 3) is in negotiations to join the cast of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, an adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s Young Adult fantasy novel from Constantin Film and Unique Pictures. If signed Rhys Meyers will play Valentine Morgenstern, a character who is described as a powerful but insane Shadowhunter looking to make the world pure at any cost.

Kevin Durand, Robert Maillet, Lily Collins, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West, Kevin Zegers, Lena Headey, Jared Harris, Godfrey Gao, and Jamie Campbell Bower star in the film helmed by Harald Zwart. Jessica Postigo and I. Marlene King wrote the script.

Synopsis:
Clary (Collins), 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.