It’s being reported that Peter Jackson could be adapting the book Mortal Engines for the big screen.

Peter Jackson is secretly working to adapt the Mortal Enginesfantasy novels for the screen.

The hush-hush project is understood to be in early development, with work on the first of the four books under way, industry sources say….

…A spokesman for Jackson did not deny the project was on the books yesterday, but said “any comment should come from Peter”.

Jackson, who is understood to have had the rights to the books for some time, was unavailable for comment.

The books, by Philip Reeve, are set in a post-apocalyptic world where cities have become giant vehicles and must consume each other to survive. Mortal Engines is the first book in the series, and has won a Nestle Smarties Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Award.

This sounds much more like a movie Peter Jackson should be working on, enough with these Lovely Bones type movies. He needs to make epics, sorry Peter, that’s all I’ll accept after you infuriated me with The Lovely Bones.

Source: The Dominion Post

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