TV:The Mortal Cup

The Mortal Cup is the premiere episode of .

Synopsis
One young woman realizes how dark the city can really be when she learns the truth about her past in the series premiere of Shadowhunters. Based on the bestselling young adult fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Shadowhunters follows, who finds out on her birthday that she is not who she thinks she is but rather comes from a long line of Shadowhunters – human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons. Now thrown into the world of demon hunting after her is kidnapped, Clary must rely on the mysterious  and his fellow Shadowhunters  and  to navigate this new dark world. With her best friend in tow, Clary must now live among faeries, warlocks, vampires and werewolves to find answers that could help her find her mother. Nothing is as it seems, including her close family friend who knows more than he is letting on, as well as the enigmatic warlock  who could hold the key to unlocking Clary's past.

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Recap
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Credits
Cast=

Starring:
 * Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray
 * Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland
 * Alberto Rosende as Simon Lewis
 * Matthew Daddario as Alec Lightwood
 * Emeraude Toubia as Isabelle Lightwood
 * Isaiah Mustafa as Luke Garroway
 * Harry Shum Jr. as Magnus Bane

Guest starring:
 * Alan Van Sprang as Valentine Morgenstern
 * Maxim Roy as Jocelyn Fray
 * Shailene Garnett as Maureen
 * Lisa Marcos as Captain Vargas
 * Vanessa Matsui as Dot

Co-starring:
 * Joel Labelle as Alaric
 * Curtis Morgan as Pangborn
 * Jordan Hudyma as Blackwell
 * Wesley French as Konrad
 * Sofia Wells as Young Clary
 * Mouna Traoré as Midori
 * Jordan Madley as 'Athletic Woman'
 * Edie Inksetter as Professor Overton
 * Tennille Read
 * Mel White
 * Sharon Forrester
 * Alex Yeuh
 * Michael Morrison


 * -|Crew=
 * Ed Decter — writer
 * McG — director
 * Alyson Silverberg and Jonathan Clay Harris — casting directors
 * Shelley Mansell — Costume Designer
 * Steve Lucescu — Second Unit Director and Stunt Coordinator
 * Glenn Warner — Director of Photography
 * Luca Nemolato — Concept Artist
 * Stephan Szpak-Fleet — Visual Effects supervisor
 * Nuno Capitao de Salles — cast personal trainer


 * Lori Waters — Associate Producer
 * Hollie Overton and Y. Shireen Razack — Executive Story Editor
 * Pierre Henry — first assistant director
 * Siluck Saysanasy — second assistant director

Multimedia

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Music
A list of the songs and score music featured in this episode:
 * "Monsters" - Ruelle
 * "Don't Come Over" - Jess Penner
 * "Forever Young" - Alphaville; performed by Alberto Rosende and Shailene Garnett
 * "Redose" - The Prototypes

Trivia

 * The pilot episode was ordered by ABC Family, and the series was officially picked up and given a 13-episode straight-to-series order on March 30, 2015.
 * Principal photography for the episode ran for 11 weekdays, from May 25 to June 8, 2015.
 * The initial airing of The Mortal Cup was seen by 1.82 million viewers and landed the top series debut on ABC Family/Freeform in more than two years.