Peter Jackson's "Mortal Engines" novel adaptation release date setNovember 25, 2016 - 10:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal Studios has set a Christmas 2018 release date for Peter Jackson's next movie "Mortal Engines", an adaptation of Philip Reeve's award-winning novel of the same name. The studio has announced that the sci-fi movie will be released in theaters across the U.S. on December 14, 2018, AceShowbiz reports. Jackson is producing the movie along with Fran Walsh, his longtime collaborator behind "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogy. He won't sit behind the lens, but is serving as a co-writer along with Philippa Boyens. Jackson gives the helming duty to Christian Rivers, who will make his feature directorial debut with the fantasy flick. "Mortal Engines" will be the first film of a planned movie series adapted from Reeve's novels, which also include "Predator's Gold", "Infernal Devices" and "A Darkling Plain". Since the first novel was published in 2001 by Scholastic, it has won several prestigious awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Set in a future world, "Mortal Engines" chronicles Earth's cities which now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, a teen named Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from a territory known as the Outlands, who will change the course of his life forever. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |