Finally, some life is breathed into Toronto’s Film Industry with a few exciting updates!  Sam Claflin, whose star quickly is on the rise starring in upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, arrives in Toronto for a few days of shooting next month for Romantic-Comedy, Love, Rosie, based on the Novel by Ceceila Ahern.  The Film centers around Best Friends Rosie and Alex who are separated after the latter’s Family relocates to America.  Lily Collins, who has been in Toronto much of late for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and recent Re-shoots, also stars.  Love, Rosie sees a 2014 release.

Pompeii from Paul W.S. Anderson (The Three Musketeers, Resident Evil: Retribution)  just began Production and will continue to film till July in the City.  Several Game of Thrones Fans around Toronto have had to do a double-take after spotting Kit Harington.  The Actor has been sporting lighter-coloured locks for the Film and confirmed to some Fans recently that he has met the entire Cast which includes Jared Harris (Mad Men), Kiefer Sutherland (24) and Emily Browning (Sucker Punch) already, who are scattered in separate parts of the City.  Paz Vega (Spanglish) was recently added to the Cast along with Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix).

Those of you who like me are looking forward to Sony Pictures’ Carrie Remake will be excited to know that some of the Cast will be back in Toronto early May for a couple days to do Re-shoots for the Horror.  In the meantime, several of the Cast Members have gone-on to do some great things.  For one, Julianne Moore of course was just cast in David Cronenberg‘s Map to the Stars, set to film in L.A. reuniting that Director with Robert Pattinson. Gabriella Wilde filmed Squatters with Thomas Dekker (just in Toronto this week).  Ansel Elgort who calls Carrie his first Movie ever, was cast in what sure is to be a Hit in Divergent alongside Shailene Woodley.  Of course, its Star, Chloë Moretz filmed Kick-Ass 2 here in Toronto last Fall right after Carrie.

The Big Bang Theory Star Kunal Nayyar also just arrived in the City to film Dr. Cabbie’s Meter’s Running starring Vinay Virmani (Breakaway) and Adrianne Palicki (G.I. JOE).  The Cast have been in and around the City and last week were spotted in-and-around Bay x Wellesley filming and are expected here till late May.

In another bit of casting news, British Actor Max Beesley (Glitter, Hotel Babylon) has just been cast in USA Network‘s Hit Legal Series Suits and is expected to arrive in the City shortly to begin filming.  Filming continues throughout the Summer into October.

(Photo credit: Lionsgate Films)

“You have an incredible gift and we need you. I need you.”.

I cannot contain my excitement at this for multiple reasons.  One, this brand new Trailer for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones not long looks amazing, but also it’s got some funny bits in it!  Two, Author Cassandra Clare announces that there will indeed be a Canadian Premiere for one of this Summer’s most eagerly awaited Blockbusters filmed last Summer here in Toronto!  “We are thrilled and excited to celebrate with you all. See you soon!”, she says.

Watch the brand new Trailer in full below.  The intense opening sequence as Clary (Lily Collins) Mother Jocelyn (Lena Headey) gets taken is just too much to take!

I really cannot contain my excitement for this!  Sony Pictures has just released some brand new Stills from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, in what is almost certain to be the next worth successor in the Young Adult Fiction Adaptation genre to The Twilight Saga. If these faces – with the exception of Kevin Zegers and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, still are only vaguely familar to you now, have my word that this Fall they will be everything: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Godfrey Gao, Robert Sheehan and Jemima West.  Toronto had the honour of hosting the filming of this Blockbuster and we can only hope that future installments will be coming back to our City!

Check-out  these new Stills below:

Although we’ve been begging for more since seeing its Trailer surface three months ago, here it is again:

“There’s a map inside your head, Clary. You are the key to our Survival.”.

There is absolutely no way this isn’t going to be a Smash!  Just having wrapped in Toronto last week, a Teaser Trailer for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones has just surfaced!   The Action Sequences look superb and although I have yet to read the original Cassandra Clare Novels, Harald Zwart looks perfectly to have captured a Mood, transporting us into a  dangerous, dark, mysterious World along with Lily Collins’ Clary Fray who like us seems to have a lot of questions.

As one of the few People in the City who met most of the Cast while they were in-town, I couldn’t be more thrilled and supportive!  This is going to be an Adventure!

Watch the stunning and v. promising Trailer in full below:

August 23, 2013. eOne Films.

(Photo/video credit: Sony Screen Gems)

As promised earlier, I would be giving away a signed Photo from Clary Fray herself, Lily Collins!  The beautiful Actress who recently lit-up the Red Carpet at TIFF 2012 and is in-town filming the destined-to-be-huge The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones!

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Lily Collins continues to win my heart and her choice of a Balmain Dress at yesterday’s Red Carpet Premiere for The Writers stands out as the Best Dress of TIFF 2012, thus far.  The Actress who happens already to be in-town filming The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was ushered along quickly under Handler’s orders, but still managed to sign some Autographs and only one lucky Fan got a Photo with her!

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Although he isn’t here for TIFF 2012 per say, Canadian-born Actor Kevin Zegers flew-in from Los Angeles tonight after a quick break.  He currently is at work on Sony Screen Gems’  The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, which films in the City over the next couple months.  Wondering if he’ll be showing Co-Star Lily Collins some support Sunday night at her Premiere for The Writers?  Hmm.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)