Constantin to Restart Production for CITY OF ASHES and Filming in 2014

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmation from Constantin about The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes continuing with production and filming in 2014.

Constantin is pushing ahead with its adaptations of Cassandra Clare’s best-selling Mortal Instruments franchise and plans to restart production on the second film in the series, The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes, next year.

The executive producer, Martin Moskowicz, says that City of Bones' slight miss at the box-office can be explained by "[the] marketing campaign that was too narrowly focused on teenage fans, to the detriment of Clare’s 20- and 30-something readers"

And it also looks like Constantin has a lot of faith in this fandom:

"The fan response, from the blogosphere and the thousands of mails we have received, has encouraged us to keep going,” Moszkowicz told The Hollywood Reporter. “It's been overwhelmingly positive, in contrast to some other YA titles.”

Hopefully we'll get to see more set pictures in Toronto next year!

Constantin Films Postponing THE MORTAL INSTRMENTS: CITY OF ASHES Filming

The principal photography for The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes was set to shoot in Toronto Monday, September, 23, however after a soft opening weekend, Constantin Films will "analyze the results to date and reposition the franchise in order to maximize the results for future installments.”

Martin Moskowicz adds

Constantin Film has a long tradition of adapting books to the big screen. Pushing back the start of production of CITY OF ASHES was a decision we did not take lightly. But after speaking with all of our partners on the creative and distribution side, it was clear that it will be beneficial to have more time to reposition the film in the current market place. THE
MORTAL INSTRUMENTS series has an incredibly loyal and ardent fan base and is a bestselling book series. While taking Cassandra Claire’s vision to the screen we want to make sure to draw on the full potential of the franchise.

Isn't Martin Moskowicz and the whole team the best? I guess we'll just have to wait a bit longer, but I'm sure a better movie will be worth the wait.

I have the utmost respect for the #tmi fandom. we want to make CoA right. we will make good use of the time.
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) September 11, 2013

Hopefully we will get another Mortal Instruments movie, so keep on tweeting #WeNeedCityOfAshes

#WeNeedCityOfAshes it is great how you make yourselfs heard.
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) September 11, 2013

"Constantin is proceeding with plans to begin shooting CITY OF ASHES" Says Martin Moskowicz

Although City of Ashes has been scheduled to start this September, 23, a lot of fans were still afraid that there would be no City of Ashes movie due to the "soft" opening of just over $14 million for City of Bones. However, The Hollywood Reporter tells us that:

Despite the soft U.S. start, Moszkowicz said the reaction from the book's fan base has been "very positive." And he said that Constantin is proceeding with plans to begin shooting a sequel, Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes, in Toronto this fall.

Also, keep in mind, there will be a international roll-out for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Moszkowicz said it was still too early to make a prognosis forMortal Instrument's global box office revenue. But Constantin has proven before that it can successfully use international markets to recoup a shortfall in the U.S. Paul WS Anderson's The Three Musketeers (2011), a Constantin production, earned a disappointing $20 million in its U.S. release through Summit Entertainment, but went on to gross some $150 million worldwide.

Martin Moskowicz also states:

Martin Moszkowicz, head of film and TV at Constantin and an executive producer on Mortal Instruments, blamed the weak early U.S. figures on "a strongly competitive environment," which included a pair of similarly-skewing genre pics in Lionsgate's horror movie You're Next and Edgar Wright's sci-fi action-comedy The World's End. He also cited strong holdovers The Butler and We're the Millers. Sony's Screen Gems picked up the film for the U.S.

Details for 'The Mortal Instruments: CITY OF BONES' Panel at San Diego Comic Con

Shadowhunters, you can start buying your tickets to the 2013 San Diego Comic Con because Martin Moskowicz has just told us what date and time The Mortal Instruments panel will take place.

Join Kevin Zegers, Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Cassandra Clare and Harald Zwart on July 19th, at 4:05 pm in Hall H for The Mortal Instruments comic con panel.

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES’ Comic Con panel set for July 19 at 4:05 p.m. in Hall H
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) July 6, 2013

Martin Moskowicz Tweets About The World Wide Rollout for 'The Mortal Instruments: CITY OF BONES'

US already has an official date for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie release. They recently changed the date from August 23 to August 21. Now, many of the international Shadowhunters are wondering if the release date for their country will be bumped up. Hopefully, Marting Moskowicz, the executive producer, can change the dates slightly so we can all see City of Bones earlier.

is in London to coordinate the upcoming worldwide rollout of TMI
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) June 28, 2013

Jamie Campbell Bower Presenting 'THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS' to Exhibitors

Jamie Campbell Bower recently went to a fan event for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones in Barcelona. Turns out, while he is in Barcelona, he is also presenting certain scenes of the movie with the executive producer, Martin Moskowicz.
This is what Martin Moskowicz tweeted:

looking forward to see @Jamiebower present selected scenes of #tmi to Exhibitors this morning in Barcelona.
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) June 27, 2013

Then he shared several photos of the exhibit. Check out the cool display for the character posters:

 

And here is Jamie Campbell Bower on stage presenting The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones:

They are promoting City of Bones more and more, can you believe there is less than 2 months before this movie comes out?

Constantin Films Working on Worldwide Release Dates for 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'

The US date for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones release has been moved from August, 23 to August, 21. Martin Moskowicz tells us they are working on the international release dates. Hopefully, everyone will get to see City of Bones bit earlier, more details coming in July!

We are working on the plans for the worlwide rollout for City of Bones and should know more details in July.
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) May 22, 2013

'The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes' Set to Release in 2014

According to Martin Moskowicz, The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes has been sold at the Cannes festival. The movie is set to release in 2014.

The Mortal Instruments - City of Ashes set up for worldwide distribution in 2014. Bye, bye Cannes...
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) May 22, 2013

300 000 Copies of 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' Distributed at the Cinema

We've spotted The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones being distributed before movies like Beautiful Creatures, The Host, etc. According to Martin Moskowicz, these preview books are going international! They've printed 300 thousand City of Bones books containing the first 40 pages.

@cassieclare hi cassie - we are printing 300.000 CoB books (first 40 pages) in Germany for distribution in cinemas.
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) May 11, 2013

Possibility of Another 'Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' International Trailer

The executive producer of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Martin Moszkowicz recently tweeted that there may be a possibility for another trailer!

@catreads I am sure there will be more than just the one trailer, that is out now
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) April 24, 2013

Full Article of 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' from Entertainment Weekly's Summer Preview

Check out what Martin Moszkowicz, the executive producer of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones posted on facebook:

Lily Collins and Cassandra Clare on NBC This Weekend

Martin Moszkowicz, the executive producer of The Mortal Instruments movie, invites us to see Lily Collins and Cassandra Clare on NBC this weekend:

TUNE IN THIS WEEKEND
TO SEE: Lily Collins and Cassandra Clare
WHERE: Extra- Weekend
CHANNEL: NBC
WHEN: Sunday, April 7th at 12:35am PST *Please check your local listings for different airing times.

Screen play for 'The Infernal Devices' is in production

In regard to the possibility of a Infernal Devices movie, Martin Moszkowicz, the executive producer for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie, recently tweeted:

@webreathwords @cassieclare we are working on the screenplay.
— Martin Moszkowicz (@mmoszkowicz) March 26, 2013

Do you have a dream cast in mind? Let us know!

Love, Rosie to feature both Lily Collins and Sam Clafin

Love, Rosie, a romantic comedy staring Lily Collins and Sam Claffin from Catching Fire, Snow white and the Huntsman, and Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides.

Comingsoon.net tell us:

Mister Smith Entertainment (MSE) CEO David Garrett announced today that MSE will introduce Constantin Film's latest feature, the romantic comedy Love, Rosie, to international buyers this week at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin. Lily Collins (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Mirror Mirror) stars in the title role, and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Snow White and the Huntsman, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) portrays her best friend and star-crossed lover, Alex.

Robert Kulzer and Martin Moszkowicz producer and executive producer (respectively) of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, will work with Lily Collins again in Love, Rosie.

About the movie:

Rosie Dunne and her best friend Alex take a leap of faith, both on life and on each other, when they decide to go to America together to attend University. But fate has other plans for Rosie who discovers that she is pregnant after a crazy night out with the most popular boy in school. She encourages Alex to go without her, hopeful that she’ll catch up with him eventually. Over the next twelve years, their lives change dramatically but the undeniable connection remains. At the back of Rosie's mind is always the question, what if fortune had taken another turn and they were meant to be more than just good friends. When ultimately presented with the opportunity, will they gamble everything for the chance to be together?

Martin Moskowicz Shows New TMI Photos

Martin Moskowicz Shows us Behind the Set Photos

"Cassandra Clare at the Set of TMI."

"Last Days of Shooting."

"We call it Sandy..."

"Present from our stunt team"

-Martin Moskowicz tweets