Mortal Engines - Official Trailer 2 (HD)

Welcome to the age of predator cities. Peter Jackson presents #MortalEngines.

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.

Mortal Engines is the startling, new epic adventure directed by Oscar®-winning visual-effects artist Christian Rivers (King Kong). Joining Rivers are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies three-time Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who have penned the screenplay. Visual effects are created by a Weta Digital team led by Ken McGaugh, Kevin Smith, Luke Millar and Dennis Yoo. The Universal and MRC adaptation is from the award-winning book series by Philip Reeve, published in 2001 by Scholastic.

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[MessOfAmachine]

People take all kind of impossible nonsense in superhero movies and it's ok. But somehow, a science fiction film with moving cities is stupid? Update: Saw it today and visually it's magnificent, something to be seen in a theatre and you won't be disappointed. The acting is ok but the story is clearly written for a 3 hour long dvd extended edition. This theatrical version is too fast for what the film has to offer. Will see it again and buy the extended edition guaranteed.

[zacharylord-rule]

As a massive fan of the books, I was disappointed with the first trailer, but this one has re-invigorated my interest, and I can't wait to see it!

[DeadeyeJoe]

Aside from Hester's "scar", the visuals look awesome! Can't wait to see it.

[Kelastris]

Do you know how special it is to watch something and see your imagination reflected back? This is EXACTLY how my brain pictured everything in this world when I read the book for the first time years ago... really, really well done.

[jesseclark]

The visuals, the soundtrack, and Shrike are going to carry this movie.

[The_Sigillite]

Please, PLEASE! Don't make Hester another cookie cutter "strong female character". She's so much more than that. She's a spiteful, half child, half revenge machine who steals the book from the main character on every page. I like the aesthetic and everything, but damn if it doesn't look like they've already spoiled the best part of the book.

[nyalo]

Aside from Hester’s “scar” this looked really good. Definitely watching after I finish the book!

[TheRedLittleGirl]

I'm just so glad we finally have our first look at Shrike - and he looks *amazing*. His voice sounds great and he looks great. I'm hype.

[CruelestChris]

Completely accurate depiction of London's relationship to the rest of the UK.

[spartaksevov]

I honestly think this looks very good, and if Peter Jackson was involved I'm doomed to like it.

[jeggsonvohees]

I think Hester is going to need a complete character rewrite. Its not going to make sense for people to naturally hate her or for her to hide her face if she's beautiful. I fear she may be turned into another generic YA heroine, rather than the unique, flawed person she is in the books.

[bf]

I watched the first trailer some months back, and initially shrugged it off. But re-watching the trailer piqued my interest, and I picked up the book. It was a great read! Now after re-analyzing the first trailer, as well as seeing this one, I am confident that they are doing a great adaptation. Sure, I see some obvious changes for the sake of altering the books episodic structure into a streamlined plot to work well as a movie, but Peter Jackson already did that with Lord of the Rings anyway, and it turned out pretty well. I honestly believe this movie will turn out better than the Hobbit films (which I still thoroughly enjoyed for what they were). I think having a new world to build is what Mr. Jackson needed to do.

[masterpenguin]

Let's hope this is another solid Peter Jackson adaptation.

[ImRunToFilm]

I freaking loved this movie. Peter Jackson never ceases to disappoint

EDIT: I know he is not the director. He was just the one to let this movie happen like this

[MikeeYowee]

Much much better than the first trailer. Got my excitement back.

[BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xyet]

I find it rather amusing that the biggest issue people have is that Hester didn't get cut up properly. It seems to be quite different to the books, nonetheless I've been waiting for the film for ages, so I think I can wait a couple more months.

[joecalahan]

all can say is wow. peter Jackson's films are what got me excited about movies in general

[jaredvalkki]

Finally, a film that Peter Jackson WANTS to make. I honestly love the LOTR and King Kong to no end, and Peter Jackson truly is brilliant when he puts his passion into it. Sadly, being forced to the make the Hobbit trilogy and rush it seems to have disheartened him from making more films.

[solsticeprime]

So it's a YA movie based off a book with the main villain named Valentine and the word "mortal" in the title. Except this one has Peter Jackson and cities driving around on wheels, so I think I prefer this already.

[wyattcawley]

Coming from someone whose never read the books, I thought this movie was badass.