Mortal Engines (2018)

Municipalities, start your engines!! Or… get ready to eat each other?

We’re finishing off our Rings series today with the final (?) major live action narrative production from Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and the whole WETA gang. It may not be Tolkien-related, but hey, Hugo Weaving wields a blade in it!

It’s tragic that the film didn’t start a new era for Jackson, and we’re sorting through its disastrous box office fallout this week along with some predictions for what the future has in store for WETA.

Next week, we close the book on Tolkien once and for all with our series finale (including some thoughts on WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM) and an announcement for what comes next!

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References:

• Cinefex #163 Production History
• Richard Armitage Turns Down the Engine
• Mortal Engines Production Notes
• Christian Rivers & Peter Jackson Reddit AMA
• The Film Pie Christian Rivers Interview
• The Hollywood Reporter JunkieXL Interview
• The Hollywood Reporter Peter Jackson Interview
• Peter Jackson on Loss of Andrew Lesnie

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