The fantasy American television show Shadowhunters is the brainchild of Freeform TV channel (once ABC Family), created from the cycle of literary works of the writer K. Claire "The Mortal Instruments". Officially, the project is considered a remake of the feature film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, released in 2013. The premiere pilot episode was shown in early January 2016, the second season began to be shown in early 2017. All fans of the picture were worried about the question of whether there will be season 3 of the series “Twilight Hunters”, so the studio management in April 2017 hastened to console the public by making an official statement on the extension of the project for the third season.
TV series remake
Many inhabitants, discussing whether there will be a continuation of “Shadowhunters” (season 3), often drew attention to the plot component of the original movie with an IMDb rating of 5.90, trying to find a hint in its narrative about the possible development of the idea. But given the fact that the film was weak at the box office, receiving negative criticism, the story underlying it contained few clues about the possibility of further developments.
Nevertheless, its creation owes its appearance to the 2016 series. The producers who own the rights to the film adaptation of the book cycle of Cassandra Claire, at one time made the correct conclusion that capital television screening would be more suitable for voluminous material. So the "Instruments of Death" transformed into "Twilight Hunters."
By the way, one of the producers of the television project was McG - director of Charlie's Angels (2000). The lead role was given to Katherine McNamara, who recently shone in “The Maze Runner: The Trial of Fire”. Her character is a young beauty who suddenly found out about her belonging to a clan of people with a magical gift, protecting humanity from the tricks of demons.
A brief description of the main serial plot
Starting to watch the first episodes of the television movie, few viewers wondered if the Shadowhunters season 3 would be.
At the center of the story is originally the unremarkable and unremarkable pretty girl Clary Frey (K. McNamara), who, on her adulthood, learned about the magical heritage. She is a successor to the ancient clan of the Shadowhunters, half-humans, half-humans, protecting the world from demons and other evil mystical creatures. The celebration is overshadowed by the disappearance of her mother (M. Roy), who is abducted by enemies. Together with her friend Simon (A. Rosende) and the more experienced hunter Jace (D. Sherwood), the girl goes to the rescue of her mother and is in parallel reality.
The television version turned out to be lightweight, it takes the action from the spot into the quarry, occasionally slowing down for the time the viewer is acquainted with the new character, but not particularly distracted by philosophical reflections on the semantic background of everything that happens. The scriptwriters did not explain the essence of the existence of the ancient clan, justifying the need to urgently solve the pressing problems of the main characters. Although it should be so in the format stated by the creators, the youth audience prefers not to think very much, but to succumb to feelings and passions, even if invented.
To the delight of fans
The climactic episodes of the second season did not raise a particular question as to whether the third season of the Shadowhunters would be. Nevertheless, the creators were silent from August to September 2017. Finally, in the second month of the fall of 2017, the New York Comic Con delighted the million-strong army of fans with two great news. Firstly, the official trailer was shown, after which the last doubts about the Shadowhunters season 3 disappeared, and secondly, it was stated that the number of episodes, according to the requests of viewers, was increased by 10, i.e. the total number will reach 20.
The first episode of the 3rd season of the show was released on March 20, 2018. At the moment, viewers have the opportunity to get acquainted with the contents of the 10th series (it will be released on May 15) of the 3 seasons of “Twilight Hunters”. Will be the 4th, time will tell.