Movies: Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, & Stephen Lang: The Men Of “Mortal Engines”

The filmmakers behind the big-screen adaptation of Philip Reeve's bestselling Mortal Engines novel may have preferred casting relative newbies for the biggest female characters, but for the following roles, they went with veterans Hugo Weaving (who worked with co-screenwriters Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyen, and Fran Walsh on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies) and Stephen Lang (Avatar and Don't Breathe), and fan favorite Robert Sheehan (Misfits, Fortitude, upcoming TV adaptation of The Umbrella Academy).

Below, the actors talk about how they prepared for their characters in Mortal Engines’ unique dystopian world, and why they love playing them.

Movies: The Badass Women Of “Mortal Engines”: Hera Hilmar & JiHae

Most of the central characters in author Philip Reeve’s critically acclaimed Mortal Engines are in their early 20s and for Universal Pictures’ big-screen adaptation, filmmakers decided early on to seek out actors for those roles that weren’t already well known to most audiences.

“When you have younger characters leading the story, those everyman and everywoman characters are better off if they are played by lesser-known faces,” says Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies), screenwriter and producer for Mortal Engines. “So, we set the casting-net wide, searching the globe for young, fresh-faced actors who we felt could carry the complex human story that drives the film.”

Movies: Peter Jackson On Adapting “Mortal Engines” From Page To Film

Peter Jackson, director of the critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, wasn’t exactly looking to make another world-building fantasy film when Scholastic Media president and Mortal Engines’ producer Deborah Forte first sent him the Mortal Engines book around 2005. After all, Jackson and his fellow filmmakers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, fresh off the success of the LOTR films, were already receiving fantasy projects left and right.

(Check out the film’s trailer HERE.)

Movies: Acclaimed Young-Adult Novel “Mortal Engines” Blazes The Screen

Universal Pictures and MRC present Mortal Engines, the startling, new epic adventure directed by Oscar®-winning visual-effects artist Christian Rivers (King Kong), based on the award-winning book series by Philip Reeve. Joining Rivers are the three-time Academy Award®-winning filmmakers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, who have written the screenplay.

Hundreds of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, a mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar), emerges as the only one who can stop London—now a giant, predator city on wheels—from devouring everything in its path. Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang (Jihae), a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

Movies: Survival Of The Fastes In New “Mortal Engines” Trailer

The new trailer of Universal Pictures’ new epic adventure Mortal Engines is now online. The film is produced by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) and based on the book of the same name by Philip Reeve.

Check out the new trailer below and watch Mortal Engines in Philippine cinemas soon.

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Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.

MoviesL “Mortal Engines” Teaser Trailer Reveals An Epic New Saga

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for producer Peter Jackson's Mortal Engines, the upcoming fantasy epic based on the book of the same name by Philip Reeve.

Check out the trailer here at http://youtu.be/fupYIggOq38 and watch Mortal Engines in Philippine cinemas December 2018.

Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.