While 2023 was a great year for original releases, that is not true for several major franchises, including the fifth installment in Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones series. After being in the Disney oven for a long while, the sequel to 2008’s The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull finally saw the light, which, for the first time in the franchise, didn’t see Steven Spielberg helming.
Led by James Mangold, Dial of Destiny had a huge challenge heading into the box office, following its humongous budget, and unfortunately, ended up becoming a huge financial disaster. But despite becoming a huge flop, it’s nowhere close to the biggest box-office flop in the last decade.
Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones 5’s Failure Pales in Comparison to Mortal Engines Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
With its budget nearing almost $300M, heading into the theatres,...
Led by James Mangold, Dial of Destiny had a huge challenge heading into the box office, following its humongous budget, and unfortunately, ended up becoming a huge financial disaster. But despite becoming a huge flop, it’s nowhere close to the biggest box-office flop in the last decade.
Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones 5’s Failure Pales in Comparison to Mortal Engines Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
With its budget nearing almost $300M, heading into the theatres,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
Movies like “Ready Player One” are becoming increasingly popular as the world becomes increasingly technologically advanced.
“Ready Player One” is a thrilling science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg that takes audiences on the journey of a virtual world. Set in 2045, the film follows Wade Watts as he tries to win a contest that will give him ownership of the Oasis, a virtual reality game world that has become a refuge for humanity.
With the help of his allies, Wade has to race against time to complete the contest before an evil corporation can get its hands on the Oasis. Full of excitement, suspense, and visual effects, “Ready Player One” is a must-see film for all fans of sci-fi movies.
If you’re looking for other movies like “Ready Player One,” you’ve come to the right place. There are no shortages of pop culture references in the film.
“Ready Player One” is a thrilling science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg that takes audiences on the journey of a virtual world. Set in 2045, the film follows Wade Watts as he tries to win a contest that will give him ownership of the Oasis, a virtual reality game world that has become a refuge for humanity.
With the help of his allies, Wade has to race against time to complete the contest before an evil corporation can get its hands on the Oasis. Full of excitement, suspense, and visual effects, “Ready Player One” is a must-see film for all fans of sci-fi movies.
If you’re looking for other movies like “Ready Player One,” you’ve come to the right place. There are no shortages of pop culture references in the film.
- 6/21/2022
- by Israr
- buddytv.com
Produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Christian Rivers, Mortal Engines (above) revolves around large mobile communities known as "traction cities." Based on the first in a popular series of novels by Philip Reeve and sumptuously designed, the action-adventure is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where it covers a lot of ground in telling its tale of courage and daring. What lies ahead for action movies in the new year? We've picked out three upcoming thrillers that all look very promising. Miss Bala Gina Rodriguez stars as an American woman who is forced by authorities to go undercover in a Mexican gang in order to clear her name of the crime the gang forced her to commit. The twisty thriller also stars Anthony Mackie; it looks to be...
- 12/17/2018
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
“Mortal Engines,” the science-fiction epic directed by Christian Rivers and produced by Peter Jackson, has delivered distributor Universal Pictures a giant lump of coal this holiday movie season. The film opened December 14 in over 3,000 U.S. theaters and only grossed $7.5 million domestically opposite a reported $110 million budget. The title didn’t fare any better internationally ($42 million globally). As box office analyst Jeff Block of Exhibitor Relations told Variety, “This is a true Christmas disaster for Universal. They took a big swing, and they struck out.”
With “Mortal Engines” becoming an instant box office bomb, the film now stands to lose over $100 million for Universal. A report from Deadline claims that number could even skyrocket to $150 million depending on how the film performs through the Christmas holiday. Even if the film managed to get to $120 million internationally, it would still cost Universal around $105 million. Deadline reports that film finance sources asked...
With “Mortal Engines” becoming an instant box office bomb, the film now stands to lose over $100 million for Universal. A report from Deadline claims that number could even skyrocket to $150 million depending on how the film performs through the Christmas holiday. Even if the film managed to get to $120 million internationally, it would still cost Universal around $105 million. Deadline reports that film finance sources asked...
- 12/17/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Adam Shepherd Dec 17, 2018
Examining the changes – big and small – made to Philip Reeve's Ya novel for the Mortal Engines movie.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Expect massive spoilers for both the Mortal Engines movie and the book...
It can be a little nerve-wracking when one of your favorite books gets adapted to the big screen – there’s always a worry that some of your favourite characters, scenes or plot threads will end up on the cutting room floor, or so radically changed as to be unrecognizable.
In the case of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines, a sprawling Ya novel that’s coming to the big screen under the guidance of Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson (who serves as producer on this movie), there’s a significant amount that has been altered or removed. A lot of the material that has been reduced or excised...
Examining the changes – big and small – made to Philip Reeve's Ya novel for the Mortal Engines movie.
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Expect massive spoilers for both the Mortal Engines movie and the book...
It can be a little nerve-wracking when one of your favorite books gets adapted to the big screen – there’s always a worry that some of your favourite characters, scenes or plot threads will end up on the cutting room floor, or so radically changed as to be unrecognizable.
In the case of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines, a sprawling Ya novel that’s coming to the big screen under the guidance of Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson (who serves as producer on this movie), there’s a significant amount that has been altered or removed. A lot of the material that has been reduced or excised...
- 12/17/2018
- Den of Geek
To celebrate the release of Mortal Engines, in cinemas now, Universal are giving away 5 Mortal Engines bundles that include a T-Shirt, jumper, backpack, notebook, torch and scarf.
Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.
Mortal Engines is the startling, new epic adventure directed by Oscar®-winning visual-effects artist Christian Rivers (King Kong). Joining Rivers are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies three-time Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Peter Jackson,...
Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.
Mortal Engines is the startling, new epic adventure directed by Oscar®-winning visual-effects artist Christian Rivers (King Kong). Joining Rivers are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies three-time Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Peter Jackson,...
- 12/17/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After Thanksgiving weekend, it looked like the Lionsgate movie “Robin Hood” would be the biggest blockbuster bomb of the 2018 box office. But the Sherwood Forest revamp has now been dethroned by Universal/Media Rights Capital’s “Mortal Engines,” an adaptation of Philip Reeve’s sci-fi dystopian novel that opened to a mere $7.5 million domestically this weekend.
Most of this year’s box office flops have been mid-budget releases like “Annihilation” and “The Hurricane Heist,” rather than blockbusters with $100 million-plus budgets like 2017’s “Ghost in the Shell.” “Robin Hood” was the closest to that budget mark with a reported budget of around $97 million.
But “Mortal Engines” had a budget of at least $100 million, with some reports estimating it as much as $150 million. While Universal doesn’t disclose budget figures, it’s possible that the studio might not make back its production costs, let alone that of its marketing campaign. Overseas figures...
Most of this year’s box office flops have been mid-budget releases like “Annihilation” and “The Hurricane Heist,” rather than blockbusters with $100 million-plus budgets like 2017’s “Ghost in the Shell.” “Robin Hood” was the closest to that budget mark with a reported budget of around $97 million.
But “Mortal Engines” had a budget of at least $100 million, with some reports estimating it as much as $150 million. While Universal doesn’t disclose budget figures, it’s possible that the studio might not make back its production costs, let alone that of its marketing campaign. Overseas figures...
- 12/16/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
“Mortal Engines,” a steampunk fantasy adventure, is also an epic flop.
With a budget of just over $100 million and tens of millions in global marketing costs, executives at rival studios estimate that the movie will lose upwards of $100 million. Some even project that number could float to more than $125 million. “Mortal Engines” has so far made a paltry $42 million globally. The sci-fi epic came into a crowded marketplace at a competitive time of year, opening against the well-reviewed “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and “The Mule,” a Clint Eastwood thriller that had a better start than expected. “Mortal Engines,” on the other hand, launched below estimates, generating just $7.5 million when it debuted in North America.
“This is a true Christmas disaster and a lump of coal for Universal,” said Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitor Relations. “They took a big swing, and they struck out.”
The film still has a few international markets left to open,...
With a budget of just over $100 million and tens of millions in global marketing costs, executives at rival studios estimate that the movie will lose upwards of $100 million. Some even project that number could float to more than $125 million. “Mortal Engines” has so far made a paltry $42 million globally. The sci-fi epic came into a crowded marketplace at a competitive time of year, opening against the well-reviewed “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and “The Mule,” a Clint Eastwood thriller that had a better start than expected. “Mortal Engines,” on the other hand, launched below estimates, generating just $7.5 million when it debuted in North America.
“This is a true Christmas disaster and a lump of coal for Universal,” said Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitor Relations. “They took a big swing, and they struck out.”
The film still has a few international markets left to open,...
- 12/16/2018
- by Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
There is nothing more daunting right now in the current franchise-obsessed box office marketplace than launching an original piece of sci-fi/fantasy. This weekend, we’re seeing the Peter Jackson-produced, $110M+ Mortal Engines a casualty of its own ambition to create a brand new world on screen, with a disastrous opening of $7.5M and a running worldwide total of $42.3M.
Rival film finance sources project that should Mortal Engines chug its way to a global gross of $120M–and that’s a lofty projection–it would still lose around $105M. However, they believe it could be much greater, in the neighborhood of $150M, after all ancillaries are factored-in down the road. Some film finance sources who were even asked to participate in the project claim that the production cost is even higher than the $110M being floated around.
The reason why Mortal Engines failed to fire up is inherent in the property itself,...
Rival film finance sources project that should Mortal Engines chug its way to a global gross of $120M–and that’s a lofty projection–it would still lose around $105M. However, they believe it could be much greater, in the neighborhood of $150M, after all ancillaries are factored-in down the road. Some film finance sources who were even asked to participate in the project claim that the production cost is even higher than the $110M being floated around.
The reason why Mortal Engines failed to fire up is inherent in the property itself,...
- 12/16/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is the new box office king, collecting a solid $35.4 million during its first three days of release.
That’s hardly the biggest opening for an animated film this year, but it does rank as the best start for a cartooned flick in the month of December. Illumination’s “Sing” previously held that title, debuting with $35 million in 2016. “Star Wars” aside, the last month of the year typically fields smaller openings that have long legs during the holidays.
Another weekend release, Warner Bros.’ “The Mule,” snagged the No. 2 spot with $17 million. Clint Eastwood directed and stars in the R-rated crime drama about a nonagenarian who gets caught smuggling drugs for the cartel. “The Mule,” Eastwood’s first acting gig since 2012’s “Trouble With the Curve,” brought out a much older crowd with moviegoers over the age of 35 accounted for 78% of audiences. In addition to Eastwood, “The Mule” cast includes Bradley Cooper,...
That’s hardly the biggest opening for an animated film this year, but it does rank as the best start for a cartooned flick in the month of December. Illumination’s “Sing” previously held that title, debuting with $35 million in 2016. “Star Wars” aside, the last month of the year typically fields smaller openings that have long legs during the holidays.
Another weekend release, Warner Bros.’ “The Mule,” snagged the No. 2 spot with $17 million. Clint Eastwood directed and stars in the R-rated crime drama about a nonagenarian who gets caught smuggling drugs for the cartel. “The Mule,” Eastwood’s first acting gig since 2012’s “Trouble With the Curve,” brought out a much older crowd with moviegoers over the age of 35 accounted for 78% of audiences. In addition to Eastwood, “The Mule” cast includes Bradley Cooper,...
- 12/16/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is swinging into theaters on a high note.
Sony-Marvel’s latest output is launching to $42 million from 3,813 North American locations in its debut, though other more conservative estimates place that number at $35.5 million. The animated superhero story picked up $12.6 million on Friday, easily leading the pack for the weekend.
The film, which takes place in the shared “Spider-Verse,” follows a Brooklyn youth (Shameik Moore) who becomes one of many Spider-Men that must battle the villain Kingpin. “Spider-Verse” also features the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoë Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn with Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn and Liev Schreiber. The pic has a 97% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes after earning rave reviews, and an A+ CinemaScore.
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman directed from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney...
Sony-Marvel’s latest output is launching to $42 million from 3,813 North American locations in its debut, though other more conservative estimates place that number at $35.5 million. The animated superhero story picked up $12.6 million on Friday, easily leading the pack for the weekend.
The film, which takes place in the shared “Spider-Verse,” follows a Brooklyn youth (Shameik Moore) who becomes one of many Spider-Men that must battle the villain Kingpin. “Spider-Verse” also features the voices of Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoë Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn with Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn and Liev Schreiber. The pic has a 97% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes after earning rave reviews, and an A+ CinemaScore.
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman directed from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney...
- 12/15/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Don Kaye Dec 14, 2018
Director Christian Rivers and screenwriter Philippa Boyens explore how they got Mortal Engines onto the screen.
Director Christian Rivers wrote a letter to Peter Jackson more than 26 years ago, asking if he could come and work for him. To Rivers’ surprise, he found himself storyboarding Jackson’s third feature film, Braindead (1992) and has worked on every one of Jackson’s film since as either a storyboard artist, visual effects supervisor, special effects technician or second unit director.
Now Rivers makes his feature directorial debut with Mortal Engines, based on the first of four novels by Philip Reeve in which massive cities on wheels rumble through a blasted apocalyptic landscape of the far future, swallowing up smaller burgs whole as a means of survival. As Rivers tells us below, he was both prepared and yet unprepared for the massive job of bringing this unique world to life --...
Director Christian Rivers and screenwriter Philippa Boyens explore how they got Mortal Engines onto the screen.
Director Christian Rivers wrote a letter to Peter Jackson more than 26 years ago, asking if he could come and work for him. To Rivers’ surprise, he found himself storyboarding Jackson’s third feature film, Braindead (1992) and has worked on every one of Jackson’s film since as either a storyboard artist, visual effects supervisor, special effects technician or second unit director.
Now Rivers makes his feature directorial debut with Mortal Engines, based on the first of four novels by Philip Reeve in which massive cities on wheels rumble through a blasted apocalyptic landscape of the far future, swallowing up smaller burgs whole as a means of survival. As Rivers tells us below, he was both prepared and yet unprepared for the massive job of bringing this unique world to life --...
- 12/14/2018
- Den of Geek
Don Kaye Dec 14, 2018
Actors Hugo Weaving and Stephen Lang on Playing Complex Villains and Working with Visionary Filmmakers.
Mortal Engines is a new steampunk science fiction film based on the first of four novels by author Philip Reeve. In the story, a cataclysmic event known as the Sixty Minute War has thrown the Earth into chaos, and centuries later the remnants of humanity have regrouped and now live in cities that roam the blasted landscape on wheels. The bigger “predator” cities have a frightening tendency to consume the smaller ones, absorbing their resources, supplies and populations.
In the movie version, directed by Christian Rivers and written/produced by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh (the team behind The Lord of the Rings), the city of London is one of the world’s largest predator cities, led by the head of the Guild of Historians, Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving). While...
Actors Hugo Weaving and Stephen Lang on Playing Complex Villains and Working with Visionary Filmmakers.
Mortal Engines is a new steampunk science fiction film based on the first of four novels by author Philip Reeve. In the story, a cataclysmic event known as the Sixty Minute War has thrown the Earth into chaos, and centuries later the remnants of humanity have regrouped and now live in cities that roam the blasted landscape on wheels. The bigger “predator” cities have a frightening tendency to consume the smaller ones, absorbing their resources, supplies and populations.
In the movie version, directed by Christian Rivers and written/produced by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh (the team behind The Lord of the Rings), the city of London is one of the world’s largest predator cities, led by the head of the Guild of Historians, Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving). While...
- 12/14/2018
- Den of Geek
Three titles look to make a splash before Mary Poppins arrives next week.
This week’s UK box office sees three high-profile studio releases enter the market.
For the last three years, this weekend in December has seen the release of a blockbuster Star Wars title, two of which, The Force Awakens in 2015 and The Last Jedi in 2017, now sit as respectively the first and fifth highest-grossing titles of all time in the UK.
This year, however, sees a break from the franchise and an opportunity for other releases to make the most of the early festive market.
Disney’s...
This week’s UK box office sees three high-profile studio releases enter the market.
For the last three years, this weekend in December has seen the release of a blockbuster Star Wars title, two of which, The Force Awakens in 2015 and The Last Jedi in 2017, now sit as respectively the first and fifth highest-grossing titles of all time in the UK.
This year, however, sees a break from the franchise and an opportunity for other releases to make the most of the early festive market.
Disney’s...
- 12/14/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Lumbering rather than rolling, Mortal Engines allows plenty of time to become distracted by bountiful, finely-detailed, sprawling scenery as it crawls through the wreckage of Earth, thousands of years after the planet was torn apart by war. There's not much else to do. Based on the first novel in a multi-book series by Philip Reeve, the film quickly blurts out its frankly ridiculous premise in voice-over narration: the surface of the Earth was ripped apart by the apocalyptic Sixty Minute War, destroying all nations as we know them. Mankind eventually built "static" cities, anchored in one location, but some also built "traction cities," constructed on giant caterpillar tracks so they could travel through the ruined landscape and "ingest" what few precious resources remain. Built in...
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- 12/14/2018
- Screen Anarchy
After a humdrum weekend at the box office, in which “Ralph Breaks the Internet’s” $16 million haul was enough to top domestic charts, multiplexes should get a boost from a trio of new arrivals.
Studios are re-entering the fray after a quiet post-Thanksgiving frame, and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” looks to be the title that ends “Ralph’s” three-week reign. Sony is projecting a $30 million launch when the web-slinging superhero enters over 3,800 North American venues. Industry analysts are far more bullish and anticipate that early buzz could lift its start to north of $39 million. Even the lower end of that range will be enough to best “Mortal Engines” and “The Mule,” the other newcomers this weekend.
The upcoming animated adventure spotlights Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a half-Puerto Rican and half-African-American teenager from Brooklyn whose Spidey senses start tingling when he visits an abandoned subway terminal with his uncle (Mahershala Ali). This rendition,...
Studios are re-entering the fray after a quiet post-Thanksgiving frame, and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” looks to be the title that ends “Ralph’s” three-week reign. Sony is projecting a $30 million launch when the web-slinging superhero enters over 3,800 North American venues. Industry analysts are far more bullish and anticipate that early buzz could lift its start to north of $39 million. Even the lower end of that range will be enough to best “Mortal Engines” and “The Mule,” the other newcomers this weekend.
The upcoming animated adventure spotlights Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), a half-Puerto Rican and half-African-American teenager from Brooklyn whose Spidey senses start tingling when he visits an abandoned subway terminal with his uncle (Mahershala Ali). This rendition,...
- 12/11/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Opening box office metrics point to Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse —a fresh take on the Marvel superhero where anyone can wear the mask told in a novel cartoon style– in the neighborhood of $30M-$35M, which would be a great start in this sleepy pre-Christmas marketplace.
Those who deal in box office projections are holding their hands up, emphasizing the leg-out factor of the movie, and how hard it is to make moviegoing a priority at this point in time during the holiday season. Interest is strong among families, African American and Hispanic demos. However, there’s an immense amount of heat surrounding this Phil Lord-scripted animated feature, which he produced with his creative partner Christopher Miller, as well as Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg, so no one will be surprised if this movie overindexes. Sony has been screening this movie for the last month,...
Those who deal in box office projections are holding their hands up, emphasizing the leg-out factor of the movie, and how hard it is to make moviegoing a priority at this point in time during the holiday season. Interest is strong among families, African American and Hispanic demos. However, there’s an immense amount of heat surrounding this Phil Lord-scripted animated feature, which he produced with his creative partner Christopher Miller, as well as Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg, so no one will be surprised if this movie overindexes. Sony has been screening this movie for the last month,...
- 12/11/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Mortal Engines — a bombastic film produced by Peter Jackson and coming to a theater near you on December 14 — is not only full of roving cities, fantastic airships and a killer cyborg, but is also based on the eponymous book by Philip Reeve. “Uh oh!” you might be thinking. “Another film based on a movie! […]
The post Five Books to Get You in the Mood for ‘Mortal Engines’ appeared first on /Film.
The post Five Books to Get You in the Mood for ‘Mortal Engines’ appeared first on /Film.
- 12/11/2018
- by Vanessa Armstrong
- Slash Film
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 60 pairs of advance-screening IMAX movie passes up for grabs to the new film “Mortal Engines” starring Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar and Robert Sheehan!
“Mortal Engines,” which opens on Dec. 14, 2018 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide and Stephen Lang from director Christian Rivers and writers Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson based on the book by Philip Reeve.
To win your free passes to “Mortal Engines” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
Deadline: Entries can continue being submitted through Tuesday,...
“Mortal Engines,” which opens on Dec. 14, 2018 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide and Stephen Lang from director Christian Rivers and writers Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson based on the book by Philip Reeve.
To win your free passes to “Mortal Engines” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!
Deadline: Entries can continue being submitted through Tuesday,...
- 12/10/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
No new openers in the top five this week.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.27.
Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (Dec 7-Dec 9) Total gross to date Week 1 Ralph Breaks The Internet (Disney) £2.5m £7.4m 2 2 The Grinch (Universal) £2m £19.5m 5 3 Creed II (Warner Bros) £1.7m £6m 2 4 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (Warner Bros) £1.5m £29.3m 4 5. Bohemian Rhapsody (20th Century Fox) £973,627 £44m 7 Disney
Ralph Breaks The Internet stayed top of the chart after a tepid weekend at the UK box office. The film dropped 38% on its previous session, adding £2.5m for £7.4m to date. The film should have a long tail over the Christmas holiday.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.27.
Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (Dec 7-Dec 9) Total gross to date Week 1 Ralph Breaks The Internet (Disney) £2.5m £7.4m 2 2 The Grinch (Universal) £2m £19.5m 5 3 Creed II (Warner Bros) £1.7m £6m 2 4 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (Warner Bros) £1.5m £29.3m 4 5. Bohemian Rhapsody (20th Century Fox) £973,627 £44m 7 Disney
Ralph Breaks The Internet stayed top of the chart after a tepid weekend at the UK box office. The film dropped 38% on its previous session, adding £2.5m for £7.4m to date. The film should have a long tail over the Christmas holiday.
- 12/10/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
‘Mortal Engines’. (Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures)
Following on from middling reviews, Universal’s Mortal Engines, produced and co-written by Peter Jackson, couldn’t match The Grinch, Bohemian Rhapsody or Creed II at the Aussie box office last weekend.
Directed by Christian Rivers and based on the novel by Philip Reeve, the Nz-shot sci-fi starring Hera Hilmar and Hugo Weaving opened on $1.4 million from 327 screens. Due to release in the Us this week, it totalled just $US18 million in 43 international markets over the weekend.
Illumination/Universal’s The Grinch stole the number one spot in Oz its second round, reaping $2.5 million from 323 screens – a fall of only 11 per cent. Co-directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney, the animated Dr. Seuss adaptation features a voice cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely and Rashida Jones. In total, the film has amassed $7.4 million to date in Australia, $US223.5 million in North America and $US322.4 million internationally.
Following on from middling reviews, Universal’s Mortal Engines, produced and co-written by Peter Jackson, couldn’t match The Grinch, Bohemian Rhapsody or Creed II at the Aussie box office last weekend.
Directed by Christian Rivers and based on the novel by Philip Reeve, the Nz-shot sci-fi starring Hera Hilmar and Hugo Weaving opened on $1.4 million from 327 screens. Due to release in the Us this week, it totalled just $US18 million in 43 international markets over the weekend.
Illumination/Universal’s The Grinch stole the number one spot in Oz its second round, reaping $2.5 million from 323 screens – a fall of only 11 per cent. Co-directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney, the animated Dr. Seuss adaptation features a voice cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely and Rashida Jones. In total, the film has amassed $7.4 million to date in Australia, $US223.5 million in North America and $US322.4 million internationally.
- 12/10/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Peter Jackson may not have directed Mortal Engines himself (that would be Christian Rivers), but the various trailers and clips have shown that his fingerprints are all over the post-apocalyptic world. Jackson co-wrote the script along with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens based upon the novel of the same name by Philip Reeve. Mortal Engines takes place thousands of years after civilization…...
- 12/7/2018
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
One of the big mysteries surrounding Peter Jackson’s upcoming fantasy epic Mortal Engines has been the villainous character Shrike, who is played by Stephen Lang. There hasn’t been much information revealed about him, but that all changes today.
We have a cool new featurette to share with you that completely focuses on this character and offers us our first real details about who he is.
Jackson says that Shrike is one of the most interesting characters in the story. It’s explained that he is a resurrected man who has spent hundreds of years killing people in the most brutal and horrific ways. Apparently, he’s an unstoppable force that must be stopped! After all, he’s on a mission to kill the main character of the story, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar).
Shrike certainly sounds like he’s an interesting and crazy villain and it will be interesting...
We have a cool new featurette to share with you that completely focuses on this character and offers us our first real details about who he is.
Jackson says that Shrike is one of the most interesting characters in the story. It’s explained that he is a resurrected man who has spent hundreds of years killing people in the most brutal and horrific ways. Apparently, he’s an unstoppable force that must be stopped! After all, he’s on a mission to kill the main character of the story, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar).
Shrike certainly sounds like he’s an interesting and crazy villain and it will be interesting...
- 12/7/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
White Boy Rick also among new openers.
It is a weekend of scant new releases at the UK box office, with holdovers including Ralph Breaks The Internet and Creed II likely to dominate the chart.
Universal’s Sorry To Bother You is a new opener this weekend. The film, a satire on race and greed, premiered at Sundance this year to strong write-ups. Writer-director Boots Riley, making his feature debut, is a bigger name in the Us (where the film grossed $17.5m) than the UK, which could temper its box office prospects.
20th Century Fox’s The Old Man & The Gun,...
It is a weekend of scant new releases at the UK box office, with holdovers including Ralph Breaks The Internet and Creed II likely to dominate the chart.
Universal’s Sorry To Bother You is a new opener this weekend. The film, a satire on race and greed, premiered at Sundance this year to strong write-ups. Writer-director Boots Riley, making his feature debut, is a bigger name in the Us (where the film grossed $17.5m) than the UK, which could temper its box office prospects.
20th Century Fox’s The Old Man & The Gun,...
- 12/7/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Mary Poppins Returns could replicate Star Wars box office numbers, but the film is release a week later than the typical Star Wars slot.
There’s a disturbance in the force. For the first time in four years, Christmas 2018 will not see the release of a blockbuster Star Wars title.
For the last three holiday periods, the UK box office has been boosted by Disney’s mega-grossing sequels: Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released on Dec 17, 2015, going on to gross an all-time record £123.2m; spin-off prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was out on Dec 15, 2016, taking £66m (13th...
There’s a disturbance in the force. For the first time in four years, Christmas 2018 will not see the release of a blockbuster Star Wars title.
For the last three holiday periods, the UK box office has been boosted by Disney’s mega-grossing sequels: Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released on Dec 17, 2015, going on to gross an all-time record £123.2m; spin-off prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was out on Dec 15, 2016, taking £66m (13th...
- 12/7/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where London — now a giant, predator city on wheels — devours everything in its path, Universal's Mortal Engines may look like it was set thousands of years in the future, but it was crafted entirely in New Zealand, mostly around Wellington, the home of the island country’s most famous filmmaker, Peter Jackson.
Jackson was a writer and producer of the film, opening Dec. 14 and based on the Philip Reeve book series. Directed by Christian Rivers (also a VFX pro who won an Oscar for Jackson’s King Kong), the live action ...
Jackson was a writer and producer of the film, opening Dec. 14 and based on the Philip Reeve book series. Directed by Christian Rivers (also a VFX pro who won an Oscar for Jackson’s King Kong), the live action ...
- 12/6/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where London — now a giant, predator city on wheels — devours everything in its path, Universal's Mortal Engines may look like it was set thousands of years in the future, but it was crafted entirely in New Zealand, mostly around Wellington, the home of the island country’s most famous filmmaker, Peter Jackson.
Jackson was a writer and producer of the film, opening Dec. 14 and based on the Philip Reeve book series. Directed by Christian Rivers (also a VFX pro who won an Oscar for Jackson’s King Kong), the live action ...
Jackson was a writer and producer of the film, opening Dec. 14 and based on the Philip Reeve book series. Directed by Christian Rivers (also a VFX pro who won an Oscar for Jackson’s King Kong), the live action ...
- 12/6/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Mortal Engines is one of my most anticipated films as the year comes to close. The movie looks so visually spectacular and unique that it’s hard not to get excited. I just hope that it turns out to be as good as it looks!
Adam Savage had the opportunity to sit down and talk with writer and producer Peter Jackson as well as director Christian Rivers. In this lengthy interview, they discuss the process of adapting an epic story like Mortal Engines into a massive movie.
Some of the topics discussed include building out the world, telling cinematic stories, and the collaborative process of filmmaking at this huge scale.
If you’ve liked what you’ve seen from Mortal Engines and you’re excited about the movie, this interview with something that you won’t want to miss. It’s filled with all kinds of great information!
The movie...
Adam Savage had the opportunity to sit down and talk with writer and producer Peter Jackson as well as director Christian Rivers. In this lengthy interview, they discuss the process of adapting an epic story like Mortal Engines into a massive movie.
Some of the topics discussed include building out the world, telling cinematic stories, and the collaborative process of filmmaking at this huge scale.
If you’ve liked what you’ve seen from Mortal Engines and you’re excited about the movie, this interview with something that you won’t want to miss. It’s filled with all kinds of great information!
The movie...
- 12/6/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines, an adaptation of Philip Reeve’s book series that was directed by Oscar-winning visual effects artist Christian Rivers, is headed to theaters next weekend, and it looks like Universal is trying to pull horror fans in with their latest featurette. It focuses on Shrike, a fearsome villain played by Don’t Breathe‘s Stephen Lang. “He has […]...
- 12/6/2018
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Jihae, a musician turned actress, was trained by an eight-time tae kwon do champion to prepare for her fight scenes in Mortal Engines. She plays Anna Fang, a pilot and resistance fighter in Christian Rivers' feature-film directorial debut, based on Philip Reeve's 2001 novel. Her character opposes the predatory "moving cities" that populate the film, which premiered on a drizzly Wednesday night in Westwood's Regency Village Theatre.
"I love the fact that it's a rare opportunity to find a role that embodies the kind of strength and power that Anna Fang beholds. Usually we see ...
"I love the fact that it's a rare opportunity to find a role that embodies the kind of strength and power that Anna Fang beholds. Usually we see ...
- 12/6/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jihae, a musician turned actress, was trained by an eight-time tae kwon do champion to prepare for her fight scenes in Mortal Engines. She plays Anna Fang, a pilot and resistance fighter in Christian Rivers' feature-film directorial debut, based on Philip Reeve's 2001 novel. Her character opposes the predatory "moving cities" that populate the film, which premiered on a drizzly Wednesday night in Westwood's Regency Village Theatre.
"I love the fact that it's a rare opportunity to find a role that embodies the kind of strength and power that Anna Fang beholds. Usually we see ...
"I love the fact that it's a rare opportunity to find a role that embodies the kind of strength and power that Anna Fang beholds. Usually we see ...
- 12/6/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from director Christian Rivers' post-apocalyptic 'steampunk' feature "Mortal Engines", co-written by Peter Jackson ("Lord Of The Rings"), based on the novel by Philip Reeve, starring Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar and Hugo Weaving, opening December 14, 2018:
"...in the future, 'Tom' is a Londoner who has only ever lived inside his 'traveling' hometown, and his feet have never touched grass, mud or land. His first taste of the outside comes quite abruptly: Tom gets in the way of an attempt by the woman 'Hester' to kill 'Thaddeus Valentine', a powerful man she blames for her mother's murder.
"Then both Hester and Tom end up being thrown out of the moving 'traction'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mortal Engines"...
"...in the future, 'Tom' is a Londoner who has only ever lived inside his 'traveling' hometown, and his feet have never touched grass, mud or land. His first taste of the outside comes quite abruptly: Tom gets in the way of an attempt by the woman 'Hester' to kill 'Thaddeus Valentine', a powerful man she blames for her mother's murder.
"Then both Hester and Tom end up being thrown out of the moving 'traction'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mortal Engines"...
- 12/6/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Universal Pictures has pulled back the curtains on Mortal Engines, a steampunk fantasy film presented by Peter Jackson. Jackson is also responsible for the film’s screenplay alongside writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the trio behind The Lord of the Rings. Mortal Engines promises to be one of the biggest special effects spectacles of the year, and ahead of the release, we chatted with director Christian Rivers about the challenges of creating the movie's villain, the hero's facial disfigurements and the mobile cities. Watch the video interview down below after learning more about the Ya adaptation. Here's everything we know about Mortal Engines: What’s the movie about? Based on Philip Reeve’s series of the same name...
- 12/6/2018
- by J.S. Lewis
- Movies.com
Universal Pictures has pulled back the curtains on Mortal Engines, a steampunk fantasy film presented by Peter Jackson. Jackson is also responsible for the film’s screenplay alongside writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the trio behind The Lord of the Rings. For some filmgoers that will be enough to go on, but the movie has just released another action-packed trailer to entice anyone in doubt. You can watch that new spot, which made its debut at New York Comic-Con, down below after learning more about the Ya adaptation. Here's everything we know about Mortal Engines: What’s the movie about? Based on Philip Reeve’s series of the same name, Mortal Engines has one of the craziest concepts I’ve heard of in some time. Here’s...
- 12/6/2018
- by J.S. Lewis
- Movies.com
Adam Shepherd Dec 5, 2018
This Peter Jackson produced Mortal Engines excels at world-building but stalls when it comes to character development
For a story that revolves around giant motorized cities, flying airships, and steampunk cyborgs, Mortal Engines is puzzlingly forgettable. As the latest project from Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, Mortal Engines has had a troubled genesis. Adapted from a somewhat unknown young adult novel by Philip Reeve, the film has been in development for almost a decade after Jackson had to shelve the project in order to work on The Hobbit and its sequels.
The premise is an engaging one: In the future, a catastrophic war has forced settlements to uproot themselves and become mobile, strapping engines and wheels to themselves in order to hunt for resources. Larger cities eat smaller ones in a system known as "municipal Darwinism." The central axis of the story is London--or a version of it,...
This Peter Jackson produced Mortal Engines excels at world-building but stalls when it comes to character development
For a story that revolves around giant motorized cities, flying airships, and steampunk cyborgs, Mortal Engines is puzzlingly forgettable. As the latest project from Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, Mortal Engines has had a troubled genesis. Adapted from a somewhat unknown young adult novel by Philip Reeve, the film has been in development for almost a decade after Jackson had to shelve the project in order to work on The Hobbit and its sequels.
The premise is an engaging one: In the future, a catastrophic war has forced settlements to uproot themselves and become mobile, strapping engines and wheels to themselves in order to hunt for resources. Larger cities eat smaller ones in a system known as "municipal Darwinism." The central axis of the story is London--or a version of it,...
- 12/5/2018
- Den of Geek
You’ve never seen a chase scene like the one at the start of “Mortal Engines”: A young woman scans the horizon and sees London, the whole city, rolling towards her on giant tank treads. She races back to another, smaller city and sounds an alarm. All the businesses and residences suddenly retract into a shell, and the smaller city rolls away at top speed.
Two giant cities are now chasing each other across the countryside, power-sliding towards the lips of a canyon, until one of them eats the other.
The only rational response to “Mortal Engines” is “Wow.”
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This is one of the most breathtaking action sequences in recent memory, at once wholly unbelievable and yet brought to life with thrilling detail. It’s a high standard to set for the rest of “Mortal Engines,...
Two giant cities are now chasing each other across the countryside, power-sliding towards the lips of a canyon, until one of them eats the other.
The only rational response to “Mortal Engines” is “Wow.”
Also Read: Harvey Weinstein Fires Back at Peter Jackson Over Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino Blacklisting (Update)
This is one of the most breathtaking action sequences in recent memory, at once wholly unbelievable and yet brought to life with thrilling detail. It’s a high standard to set for the rest of “Mortal Engines,...
- 12/5/2018
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
For the first 10 minutes of dystopian sci-fi saga “Mortal Engines,” a blessedly enjoyable interval before you start to realize just what a long slog you have in store, director Christian Rivers stages a most unusual chase sequence. In this chase, the pursued is a small mobile mining town called Salthook, constructed to fold itself up like a hydraulic steampunk Transformer and drive away at the first sign of danger. The pursuer is the city of London, mounted on 200-foot-tall tank treads and rearranged into a teaming vertical monstrosity, with St. Paul’s Cathedral on top, and the London Eye repurposed as a sort of spinning subway transporting citizens from one tier of town to another.
The film, based on the first installment of Philip Reeve’s four-novel Ya series, is set several centuries in the future, after a calamitous war has turned the planet into a barren wasteland, leaving giant mobile...
The film, based on the first installment of Philip Reeve’s four-novel Ya series, is set several centuries in the future, after a calamitous war has turned the planet into a barren wasteland, leaving giant mobile...
- 12/5/2018
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
Jackson has turned Philip Reeve’s dystopian adventure novel into a tiringly frenetic and derivative fantasy-adventure movie
Mortal Engines was originally a Ya dystopian adventure novel from British author Philip Reeve, published in 2001, the first of the “Mortal Engines quartet”. Among its many fans is Peter Jackson, who has now turned it into a tiringly frenetic and derivative fantasy-adventure movie, co-producing and co-writing the adaptation with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Making his directing debut here is Jackson’s former storyboard artist and visual effects supervisor Christian Rivers.
The film is basically a steampunk Star Wars, with a bit of low-octane Gilliam and Gaiman on the side. By the end, in fact, the resemblances to George Lucas’s great creation become so distractingly obvious that it is difficult to credit that it isn’t some kind of intentional homage.
Mortal Engines was originally a Ya dystopian adventure novel from British author Philip Reeve, published in 2001, the first of the “Mortal Engines quartet”. Among its many fans is Peter Jackson, who has now turned it into a tiringly frenetic and derivative fantasy-adventure movie, co-producing and co-writing the adaptation with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Making his directing debut here is Jackson’s former storyboard artist and visual effects supervisor Christian Rivers.
The film is basically a steampunk Star Wars, with a bit of low-octane Gilliam and Gaiman on the side. By the end, in fact, the resemblances to George Lucas’s great creation become so distractingly obvious that it is difficult to credit that it isn’t some kind of intentional homage.
- 12/5/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
After finishing up The Hobbit trilogy, filmmaker Peter Jackson has also spent time co-writing and producing the upcoming feature Mortal Engines. The post apocalyptic tale centers on scribe Philip Reeve’s young adult book series, and Jackson initially read the books for pleasure. After finishing the series, Jackson was determined to get these stories on the [...]
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- 12/5/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Opening in St. Louis on December 14, 2018, is Mortal Engines.
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Hundreds of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, a mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar), emerges as the only one who can stop London — now a giant, predator city on wheels — from devouring everything in its path. Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang (Jihae), a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.
Enter for your chance to win two free passes to the St. Louis advance screening. The theatrical sneak preview will be on December 11 at 7pm.
Add you name and email in our comments section below.
No Purchase Required. A pass does not guarantee a seat at a screening. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis. The theater is overbooked to assure a full house.
Hundreds of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, a mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar), emerges as the only one who can stop London — now a giant, predator city on wheels — from devouring everything in its path. Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang (Jihae), a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.
- 12/3/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines has a huge fan base across the world and is the perfect setting for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit man Peter Jackson and his team to create an action filled VFX blockbuster. The film has its World Premiere in London this evening and we were on the red carpet.
Attending from the film were Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Leila George, Jihae, Stephen Lang as well as Producer/screenwriter Peter Jackson, Co-producer/screenwriter Philippa Boyens and Director Christian Rivers.
Hera Hilmar talked about the honour of getting to play Hester Shaw as such a strong female character and praised the rounded nuanced character she is on the page and screen, as well as noting the scar which as a physical disfigurement in a leading heroine is rare in Hollywood.
Jihae (Anna Fang) talks about the theme of freedom and the various real...
Attending from the film were Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Leila George, Jihae, Stephen Lang as well as Producer/screenwriter Peter Jackson, Co-producer/screenwriter Philippa Boyens and Director Christian Rivers.
Hera Hilmar talked about the honour of getting to play Hester Shaw as such a strong female character and praised the rounded nuanced character she is on the page and screen, as well as noting the scar which as a physical disfigurement in a leading heroine is rare in Hollywood.
Jihae (Anna Fang) talks about the theme of freedom and the various real...
- 11/28/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We’ve got a new featurette here for you to watch for the upcoming fantasy adventure film Mortal Engines. It features writers and executive producers Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens talking about the book that the film is based on and how this is just the beginning of an epic sci-fi fantasy saga that deserves to be told.
The film is based on the novels by Philip Reeve and he said in the featurette that the movie looks better than anything he could have imagined.
I personally love what I’m seeing from this movie and the unique world that it’s set in. It looks unlike anything we’ve ever seen before and I really hope that it turns out to be a great film that sees success because I’d love to see the full film saga that Jackson is planning get made.
If the movie ends up bombing at the box office,...
The film is based on the novels by Philip Reeve and he said in the featurette that the movie looks better than anything he could have imagined.
I personally love what I’m seeing from this movie and the unique world that it’s set in. It looks unlike anything we’ve ever seen before and I really hope that it turns out to be a great film that sees success because I’d love to see the full film saga that Jackson is planning get made.
If the movie ends up bombing at the box office,...
- 11/27/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Mortal Engines Trailer Christian Rivers‘ Mortal Engines (2018) movie trailer stars Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, and Leila George. Mortal Engines‘ plot synopsis: based on the book by Philip Reeve, “Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new [...]
Continue reading: Mortal Engines (2018) Teaser Trailer: Cities are Mobile in the Peter Jackson-produced Scifi Film...
Continue reading: Mortal Engines (2018) Teaser Trailer: Cities are Mobile in the Peter Jackson-produced Scifi Film...
- 12/19/2017
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Simon Brew Dec 19, 2017
Based on the book from Philip Reeve, here's the first trailer for the hugely ambitious Mortal Engines...
Overseen by Peter Jackson, Mortal Engines is an ambitious sci-fi adventure film, that’s heading into cinemas at the end of 2018.
Starring Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmer and Robert Sheehan, the movie is being directed by Christian Rivers, and the first trailer and synopsis has just been released. We figured we’d bring them to you. Not least because this looks great.
Here, then, is the trailer…
And here’s the synopsis…
Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival...
Based on the book from Philip Reeve, here's the first trailer for the hugely ambitious Mortal Engines...
Overseen by Peter Jackson, Mortal Engines is an ambitious sci-fi adventure film, that’s heading into cinemas at the end of 2018.
Starring Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmer and Robert Sheehan, the movie is being directed by Christian Rivers, and the first trailer and synopsis has just been released. We figured we’d bring them to you. Not least because this looks great.
Here, then, is the trailer…
And here’s the synopsis…
Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival...
- 12/19/2017
- Den of Geek
Universal Pictures has pulled back the curtains on Mortal Engines, a steampunk fantasy film presented by Peter Jackson. Jackson is also responsible for the film’s adapted screenplay alongside writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the trio behind The Lord of the Rings. For some filmgoers that will be enough to go on, but let’s check out the trailer and see why this "epic new saga" is worthy of our attention. Watch it below: What’s the movie about? Based on the Philip Reeve’s series of the same name, Mortal Engines has one of the craziest concepts I’ve heard of in some time. Here’s the official synopsis: "Many years after the ‘Sixty Minute War,' cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving...
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- 12/19/2017
- by J.S. Lewis
- Movies.com
You may have seen it play before screenings of Star Wars: The Last Jedi this past weekend, but if you have yet to experience it or you want to watch it again, the eye-popping teaser trailer for Mortal Engines has been released online by Universal Pictures, giving an impressive peek into a future where cities roam the world on wheels, bringing road rage to a more massive scale than ever before.
"Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an...
"Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an...
- 12/18/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Peter Jackson may be on a break from directing but he's not totally done with making movies and his latest project is looking fairly promising.
Based on a book of the same name, Mortal Engines is the feature debut of long-time Jackson storyboard artists Christian Rivers. Based on the first of a quartet of books from Philip Reeve, the story unfolds in a future steampunk society where a war has caused a dwindling of resources.
The trailer doesn't indicate much as far as details other than unveiling a first look at the universe but if it follows the novel, it will focus on London, now a giant machine struggling for survival on limited resources and taking whatever it can from the land - including others.
Jackson and regular co-writers and producers Philippa [Continued ...]...
Based on a book of the same name, Mortal Engines is the feature debut of long-time Jackson storyboard artists Christian Rivers. Based on the first of a quartet of books from Philip Reeve, the story unfolds in a future steampunk society where a war has caused a dwindling of resources.
The trailer doesn't indicate much as far as details other than unveiling a first look at the universe but if it follows the novel, it will focus on London, now a giant machine struggling for survival on limited resources and taking whatever it can from the land - including others.
Jackson and regular co-writers and producers Philippa [Continued ...]...
- 12/18/2017
- QuietEarth.us
This weekend, not only were ticket holders for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” among the first to experience the latest chapter in the saga, they were treated to the trailer for “Mortal Engines” before it landed online. Well, for the rest of us, it has arrived for our eyeballs and it’s certainly….ambitious….
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Produced by Peter Jackson, and helmed by first-timer Christian Rivers (who has over two decades of work in the biz, mostly working with Jackson as a storyboard artist, in addition to shooting action sequences for “The Hobbit” films), the movie is an adaptation of the novel by Philip Reeve, the first in the four book steampunk series.
Continue reading ‘Mortal Engines’ Trailer: Peter Jackson Goes Steampunk at The Playlist.
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Produced by Peter Jackson, and helmed by first-timer Christian Rivers (who has over two decades of work in the biz, mostly working with Jackson as a storyboard artist, in addition to shooting action sequences for “The Hobbit” films), the movie is an adaptation of the novel by Philip Reeve, the first in the four book steampunk series.
Continue reading ‘Mortal Engines’ Trailer: Peter Jackson Goes Steampunk at The Playlist.
- 12/18/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
For those of you who attended screenings of Star Wars: The Last Jedi over the weekend, then you most likely already saw this trailer for Peter Jackson's latest film project Mortal Engines. The film looks visually stunning! It's based on the Philip Reeve post-apocalyptic novel that imagines a world with few resources where cities now reside on mobile vehicles. it looks like a mix between Mad Max and Howl's Moving Castle, which is pretty cool and I really like what I'm seeing in this trailer! It looks like it's going to be a wild film! I can't wait to see it!
Jackson is a producer on the movie which is being directed by Jackson’s longtime visual effects and storyboard collaborator Christian Rivers. The film stars Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Leila George, Ronan Raftery, and Stephen Lang, and this is the synopsis:
Thousands of years after...
Jackson is a producer on the movie which is being directed by Jackson’s longtime visual effects and storyboard collaborator Christian Rivers. The film stars Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Leila George, Ronan Raftery, and Stephen Lang, and this is the synopsis:
Thousands of years after...
- 12/18/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Moviegoers who saw “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” this weekend got to see the first official look at the upcoming “Mortal Engines” adaptation,” and now Universal Pictures has made the first trailer available online for the world to see. The film is an adaptation of the Philip Reeve’s novel of the same name and is produced by Peter Jackson, who also co-wrote the film with his “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” team Fran Walsh and Philippa Boynes.
“Mortal Engines” is set a steampunk dystopian future where the last of the major cities exist on humungous mobile vehicles that eat up the smaller towns and use them for precious resources. Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, and Stephen Lang star.
The film is directed by Christian Rivers, who has had a longstanding relationship with Jackson as both his visual effects supervisor and his storyboard artist on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy,...
“Mortal Engines” is set a steampunk dystopian future where the last of the major cities exist on humungous mobile vehicles that eat up the smaller towns and use them for precious resources. Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, and Stephen Lang star.
The film is directed by Christian Rivers, who has had a longstanding relationship with Jackson as both his visual effects supervisor and his storyboard artist on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy,...
- 12/18/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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