The Dominion Post, a newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand, says that Peter Jackson is working on adaptations of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines (known as The Hungry City Chronicles in the US).Reeve's series of children's novels takes place in a steampunk post-apocalyptic future where cities are mobile and perambulate the planet devouring each other for fuel: a system amusingly called Municipal Darwinism. The St Paul's Cathedral-topped London is the strongest of these Traction Cities, in a world where "old tech" is extremely sought after.
The film series is in early development, according to The Post, with design work on the moving cities underway at Weta Digital.
A spokesman for Jackson declined to comment, deferring to Jackson himself. But crucially, he denied nothing. Jackson is understood to have been sitting on the option for the books for some time.
Jackson is extremely busy at the moment--if the story is true than I wonder if they will be shot back to back ala The Lord of the Rings film trilogy?
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