Being Human alum Jon Cor has landed a recurring role on Shadowhunters, ABC Family's 10 episode drama series which is based on the Mortal Instruments novel series. He will play Hodge Starkweather, the weapons trainer at the Shadowhunters New York Institute and a former Circle member. 
ABC Family's Shadowhunters series has found its villain. Alan Van Sprang has boarded the series in the recurring role of Valentine, a mysterious Shadowhunter wielding immense power who, on his path to seek out what he wants, will execute anyone in his way, never thinking twice about it. 
ABC Family has found their Clary Fray. Katherine McNamara (New Year's Eve) has been tapped to play the female lead in Shadowhunters, the 10 episode Mortal Instruments adaptation which landed at the network back in April with a straight-to-series order. 
Alberto Rosende (Blue Bloods) and Emeraude Toubia (Cosita Linda) have joined the cast of ABC Family's 10 episode straight-to-series drama Shadowhunters, which is based on the Mortal Instruments series of YA novels by Cassandra Clare. 
Dominic Sherwood has been set as the male lead in ABC Family's straight-to-series drama Shadowhunters, which is based on Cassandra Clare's YA novel series The Mortal Instruments. The British actor, repped by Curtis Brown, will play Jace Wayland, a determined and expert Shadowhunter who is described as being both narcissistic and lethally gorgeous. 
ABC Family is adding two projects to their development slate. The network has handed out pilot orders to Beyond, a supernatural drama from Once Upon A Time In Wonderland's Adam Nussdorf; and Gorgeous Morons, a half-hour multi-cam comedy from Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky and ABC Studios' boutique division ABC Signature Studios. 
The TV adaptation of Cassandra Clare's young adult novel series The Mortal Instruments has found a US network. The project, which is working under the title Shadowhunters, has landed at ABC Family with a 10 episode straight-to-series order. It has been on the marketplace since MIPCOM 2014, when Constantin Film opted to go down the television route after the feature film adaptation 'City Of Bones' failed at the box office. 
ABC Family has renewed freshman drama series 'Chasing Life' for a second season.