Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Mortal Engines

12/23/09 - Peter Jackson’s hometown newspaper, New Zealand's Dominion Post, reports that Jackson is secretly working to adapt the Mortal Engines novels for the screen.  The project is understood to be in early development, with work on the first of the four books under way, industry sources say.  Weta Workshops is also believed to be working on designs for the science fiction series, which features giant mobile cities.  The books, by Philip Reeve, are set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world, where cities have become giant vehicles known as Traction Cities and must consume each other to survive. Mortal Engines is the first book in the series, which is known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States.

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