I don’t know how I managed to exclude The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones from my Summer Movie Guide, but it probably has something to do with having never heard of it until yesterday. Either way, the big screen adaptation of the best-selling book series was originally set to be released on Friday, August 23, but Sony Pictures has gone ahead and bumped it up to Wednesday, August 21 for some unknown reason.
The original release date isn’t heavy with competition, as the Simon Pegg comedy The World’s End and horror You’re Next don’t seem to pose much of a threat to the tween-adult fantasy crowd, and the move to Wednesday actually puts it closer to Kick-Ass 2, which hits theaters on Aug. 16.
Either way, the book’s author and presumed Dukes of Hazzard character, Cassandra Clare, is excited about the two-day difference.
“I’m really excited because it means the fans will get to see the movie earlier! It also reflects a lot of confidence in the film on the part of the studio to move it to a Wednesday release date so I’m really excited about that, too.”
“Confidence” is an interesting term, because studios sometimes move films to Wednesday releases so they don’t have any competition at all, which is like the opposite of confidence. Judge for yourself with the most recent trailer, and then let me know how loud you laugh when the guy yells about werewolves.