Peter Jackson Also Working On ‘Mortal Engines’ Movie?

(HMG) – Peter Jackson is allegedly working to adapt a series of books to the big screen, with his Weta Workshop already creating designs for the film (or films).

And no we don’t mean the Hobbit sequels with Guillermo del Toro, or the Tintin project with Steven Spielberg.  New Zealand’s Dominion Post is reporting that the filmmaker is also working on a super-secret sci-fi project based on the Mortal Engines series, also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States. Jackson has owned the movie rights to the books for some time.

The books by Philip Reeve sound a little like Transformers on steroids, set in a post-apocalyptic world where cities have been transformed into massive vehicles. They must consume each other in order to acquire the precious natural resources which remain in the world.

“The hush-hush project is understood to be in early development, with work on the first of the four books under way,” the Post says. “A spokesman for Jackson did not deny the project was on the books yesterday, but said ‘any comment should come from Peter.’”

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