Peter Jackson has proven his talent for bringing sprawling fantasy worlds to life, having been the man to finally bring J.R.R. Tolkein’s massive Lord of the Rings novels to the screen, not to mention Tolkein’s LOTR precursor The Hobbit. Now Jackson is setting his sights on another darkly fantastical literary world by tackling Mortal Engines, based on author Philip Reeve’s vision of a bizarre post-apocalyptic future where wheeled cities roam around the earth devouring resources and sometimes going to war.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy may have been a brilliant technical achievement, but the films would not have caught on with audiences had the right actors not been chosen for the lead ...
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