Mortal Engines (2018)
Mortal Engines is a 2018 action/adventure film from director Christian Rivers and writer Peter Jackson. Based on the novel by Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines is set 1,000 years in a post-apocalyptic future where cities are turned into giant vehicles that try to destroy one another. The film stars Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, and Jihae Kim.
Mortal Engines
- Director
- Christian Rivers
- Release Date
- December 14, 2018
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Frankie Adams , Robbie Sheehan , Colin Salmon , Hera Hilmar , Ronan Raftery , Stephen Lang , Jihae , Hugo Weaving
- Writers
- Peter Jackson , Philippa Boyens , Fran Walsh
- Runtime
- 128minutes
- Budget
- $100million
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