Harald Zwart talks MORTAL INSTRUMENTS teaser trailer with MTV News

Director Harald Zwart sat down with MTV News to discuss the newly-released teaser trailer for THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, which premiered last night (Nov. 14) on MTV.com.

On getting a teaser trailer out so fast:

“Well, we start almost on the trailer as soon as we can,” he explained. “After a couple of weeks [into production], we have enough material to put something together. Normally, we do that just to get people excited about the movie, and then as we shoot, we drop [scenes] into the trailer. The trailer doesn’t have all the really cool shots, but it will eventually.”

On the MORTAL INSTRUMENTS fandom:

“Sometimes I think you can rush these things, but we were really eager to get it out to the fans,” he said. “There’s a huge fan base. Every day when we were filming, there were fans outside of our set every day waiting. They’re so eager to see something that we figured it’s time to get something out to them.”

On the trailer’s song, “Kaneda’s Death, Pt. 1” by John Murphy.

“Well, that song is very moody, and it’s a very right tone for the movie,” Zwart said. “‘Cause like you said, it is a very epic movie, yet it’s kind of an intimate drama. It still touches on big subjects, and I just think it lends itself perfectly to the trailer. It gives that slightly mysterious yet serious tone.”

What did you think of the trailer’s song, “Kaneda’s Death, Pt. 1?” What would you like to tell Harald about how great the trailer turned out? Sound off in the comments!