Mortal Engines
Mortal Engines is a 2018 post-apocalyptic adventure film directed by Christian Rivers and with a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, based on the novel of the same name by Philip Reeve, and starring Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide, and Stephen Lang. An American-New Zealand co-production, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world where entire cities have been mounted on wheels and motorised, and prey on one another.
Jackson purchased the rights to the book in 2009, but the film languished for several years before being officially announced in 2016. Jackson brought on several members of his production teams from the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film series', and filming took place from April to July 2017 in New Zealand.
Mortal Engines had its world premiere on November 27, 2018 in London, was theatrically released in Australia and New Zealand on December 6, 2018 and will be in the United States on December 14, 2018. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the direction and "lack of personality".
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Rotten Tomatoes - 6/10 (Mortal Engines rotten tomatoes)
Premise
Tom (Robert Sheehan) is a young Londoner who has only ever lived inside his travelling 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 masked Hester (Hera Hilmar) to kill Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving), a powerful man she blames for her mother’s murder, and both Hester and Tom end up thrown out of the moving "traction" city, to fend for themselves.Cast
- Hera Hilmar as Hester Shaw, Pandora's daughter and a disfigured, fugitive assassin with a personal vendetta against Thaddeus.
- Poppy MacLeod as Young Hester Shaw
- Robert Sheehan as Tom Natsworthy, a low-class apprentice historian of London thrown out of the city and forced to ally himself with Hester and the resistance.
- Hugo Weaving as Thaddeus Valentine, Head of the Guild of Historians and the father of Katherine Valentine.
- Jihae as Anna Fang, a pilot and leader of the Anti-Traction League, a resistance group banding against the moving cities devouring Earth's resources.
- Ronan Raftery as Bevis Pod, an apprentice engineer whom Katherine befriends.
- Leila George as Katherine Valentine, daughter of Thaddeus Valentine and one of London's elite.
- Patrick Malahide as Magnus Crome, the Mayor of London.
- Stephen Lang as Shrike, the last of an undead battalion of soldiers known as Stalkers, who were war casualties re-animated with machine parts. He raised Hester and now works for Crome.
Production
In December 2009, New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson was reported to have begun development of a film based on Philip Reeve's novel Mortal Engines. On October 24, 2016, production started on a feature film to be directed by Christian Rivers, marking his directorial debut. The script was written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, while Media Rights Capital and Universal Pictures would be financing the film. Shooting was scheduled to start in March 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand. Producers Zane Weiner and Amanda Walker, who both worked on The Hobbit, will be spearheading the NZ based team, along with Deborah Forte in the US.In February 2017, Robert Sheehan was cast in the film for the lead role along with Ronan Raftery for a supporting role, while Hera Hilmar was cast as a female lead. In March 2017, more cast was announced including Stephen Lang, Jihae, and newcomer Leila George. Hugo Weaving, Patrick Malahide, Colin Salmon, and Regé-Jean Page joined the film in April 2017. Richard Armitage was offered a role but passed due to scheduling conflicts.
Principal photography on the film began in April 2017, with shooting occurring at Stone Street Studios in Wellington, New Zealand, and was completed in July 2017.
Release
Mortal Engines had its world premiere at the Empire, Leicester Square in London on November 27, 2018 . It is scheduled to be released in New Zealand by Universal Pictures on December 7, 2018 and in the United States on December 14, 2018, in 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX 3D.Reception
Box office projections
In the United States and Canada, Mortal Engines will be released alongside Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Mule, and is projected to gross $12–15 million in its opening weekend.Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 36% based on 28 reviews, and an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Mortal Engines has no shortage of eye-catching special effects, but lacks enough high-octane narrative fuel to give this futuristic fantasy sufficient cinematic combustion." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".Philip Reeve, author of the Mortal Engines novels, praised the film on Twitter, stating, "Christian Rivers has done a fantastic job - a huge, visually awesome action movie with perfect pace and a genuine emotional core...There are many changes to the characters, world, and story, but it’s still fundamentally the same thing."
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