Screen Gems has released a trailer for its adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the first book in her bestselling young-adult series about a teen who discovers her demon-slaying skills while attempting to rescue her mother from an evil entity.

The film is directed by Agent Cody Banks and Karate Kid 2010 director Harald Zwart and stars Lily Collins (Phil Collin’s daughter) as protagonist Clary Fray.

Costars include Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”), Kevin Zegers (Frozen), Jamie Campbell Bower (Twilight: Breaking Dawn), Robert Sheehan (Season of the Witch) and Kevin Durand (“LOST”).

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones arrives in theaters on Aug. 23, 2013.

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