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Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving & Stephen Lang: The Men of “Mortal Engines”

The filmmakers behind the big-screen adaptation of Philip Reeve’s bestselling Mortal Engines novel may have preferred casting relative newbies for the biggest female characters, but for the following roles, they went with veterans Hugo Weaving (who worked with co-screenwriters Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyen, and Fran Walsh on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies) and Stephen Lang (Avatar andDon’t Breathe), …

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The Badass Women of “Mortal Engines”: Hera Hilmar & Jihae

Most of the central characters in author Philip Reeve’s critically acclaimed Mortal Engines are in their early 20s and for Universal Pictures’ big-screen adaptation, filmmakers decided early on to seek out actors for those roles that weren’t already well known to most audiences. “When you have younger characters leading the story, those everyman and everywoman characters are better off …

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Peter Jackson on Adapting “Mortal Engines” from Page to Film

Peter Jackson, director of the critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, wasn’t exactly looking to make another world-building fantasy film when Scholastic Media president and Mortal Engines’ producer Deborah Forte first sent him the Mortal Engines book around 2005. After all, Jackson and his fellow filmmakers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, fresh off the success of theLOTR films, …

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Acclaimed Young-Adult Novel “Mortal Engines” Blazes the Screen

Universal Pictures and MRC present Mortal Engines, the startling, new epic adventure directed by Oscar®-winning visual-effects artistChristian Rivers (King Kong), based on the award-winning book series by Philip Reeve. Joining Rivers are the three-time Academy Award®-winning filmmakers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, who have written the screenplay. Hundreds of years after civilization …

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Survival of the Fastest in New “Mortal Engines” Trailer

The new trailer of Universal Pictures’ new epic adventure Mortal Engines is now online. The film is produced by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) and based on the book of the same name by Philip Reeve. Check out the new trailer below and watch Mortal Engines in Philippine cinemas soon. Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, …

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An Epic New Saga Revealed in “Mortal Engines” Teaser Trailer

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for producer Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines, the upcoming fantasy epic based on the book of the same name by Philip Reeve. Check out the trailer and watch Mortal Engines in Philippine cinemas December 2018. Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way …

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