Rumor Has Peter Jackson Developing Mortal Engines
Word has it that the prolific Peter Jackson has yet another new project on the table—an adaptation of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines Quartet.
The story comes to us from The Dominion Post, a New Zealand newspaper. However, while a handful of sources are picking up the story, it’s important to note that this is still just a rumor. Jackson has yet to confirm.
The Mortal Engines series should provide Jackson with the opportunity to deliver plenty of groundbreaking visuals that could rival the remarkable universe of James Cameron’s Avatar.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Reeve creates an Earth plagued by geological devastation. To survive, cities have evolved into mobile monstrosities built on massive wheels and caterpillar tracks.
These cities roam the land like animals preying on smaller cities, which they devour in order to obtain necessary resources. Reeve calls it Municipal Darwinism.
Personally, I think this is an amazing concept and wish we had a little of that in real life. How awesome would it be to see New York and Boston finally go at it, winner-take-all?
Hopefully, Jackson confirms this story and this becomes more than just another rumor on the web.
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Will Melton is a dorky, postmodern kind of guy obsessed with pop culture, counterculture, social media, and pastiche. He loves trash cinema in the vein of Spaghetti Westerns, Kung Fu flicks, Yakuza crime thrillers, zombie flicks, UFC fights, and weird, avant garde stuff. He loves chatting film and philosophy over beers and tacos. He has also penned four feature-length screenplays—none of which have earned him any acclaim, prestige, or money. Production-wise, he was a member of a small film crew shooting a guerrilla-style documentary in a Post-Katrina Lower Ninth Ward; this adventure included bridge-climbing in traffic and running from police in an abandoned condominium complex. In the past, he worked for Funny or Die’s marketing team while he completed his master’s degree in Media Communications. Currently, Will resides in Saint Louis where he is enjoying his post-college vagrancy.
