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As we reported a few days ago, production on the second film of The Mortal Instruments sequence, City of Ashes, was put on hold by the film makers to allow them to analyse the first film’s reception.

Author Cassandra Clare has now responded to the fan furore over the delay on her Tumblr account. Pointing out that “The books are my books, but the movies belong to the production company,” she made it clear that “They make the decisions they make, and sometimes I know about them and sometimes I don’t.”

Although she sympathises with those who are disappointed by the delay, she doesn’t seem overly disappointed by it. “Speaking for myself —and honestly, for readers and fans, too — I think a delay could be good. The draft of the screenplay I saw for the first time last week was very far from the book City of Ashes, and if they’d really started shooting in September there wouldn’t have been time to change it. From the limited amount I know, it seems to me better to take the time to get it right than to rush ahead.”