'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' Official Trailer [VIDEO]: Lily Collins Deals With Angels and Demons in NY Times Young Adult Bestseller Film Adaptation

Hoping to bank on the success of other "Young Adult" novels turned into films such as the Twilight and The Hunger Games series, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones has released a new trailer. This early preview invites us into a world that is unseen by the mortal eyes: a world of demons who are hunted by half-angels. The movie stars Lily Collins as Clary Fray, an unsuspecting young girl who is able to see into this other realm. Also starring in this film is Collins' real-life boyfriend and former Twilight and Harry Potter actor Jamie Campbell Bower. Jonathan Rhys Meyers portrays the film's antagonist and Lena Headey of "Game of Thrones" plays Clary's mother, Jocelyn. This movie comes out August 23, 2013.

Here is the first trailer for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones:

Here is a summary of the story provided by SlashFilm:

In the series' first book, the #1 New York Times bestseller "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones," set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, 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.

Here are some comments left on the movie's facebook page post:

"I think I just died a little on the inside."

"I WANNA WATCH THE MOVIE SOOO BADLY >< Why can't they go like "APRIL FOOLS the movie comes out tomorrow?!"

"the more i watch JCB as Jace...the more i like the choice of actor. i was skeptical at first...but now i can totally see him as Jace!"

"Don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to the midnight premiere IN COSTUME, thank you very much"

"THIS LOOKS SO AMAZING! i dont care what people are saying about jace not being good i think this will be AMAZING"