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Mortal Engines
Film (Trailer) – 2018
In designing the future, we had to imagine most of our world has been destroyed and grab certain iconic things from our world that might have survived...
– Director Christian Rivers in The Independent, 5 June 2018
That is one of the things that appealed to us — that it is such a unique world. I’ve never seen a city on wheels that is twice as large as the biggest cruise ship in the world.
– Co-writer Peter Jackson on the appeal of Mortal Engines, The Independent, 5 June 2018
Films are hierarchical and the director is essentially the creative dictator. So, my services to Peter [Jackson] have always been to help him achieve his vision. And now, on this one, it’s sort of the other way around.
– Director Christian Rivers on website Collider, 5 June 2018
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