London Eats Its Young in The New Trailer for “Mortal Engines”

Director: Christian Rivers / Writers: Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens & Peter Jackson / Cast: Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae & Stephen Lang / Studio: Universal Summer Movies Bring Winter Trailers . . . This first week of June has already seen some massive trailers drop – from Steve McQueen’s “Widows” to Sony’s “Into the Spiderverse.” Universal had its say and dropped the second trailer for “Mortal Engines,” the new film from Peter Jackson’s production company Wingnut Films. Based upon the novel by Philip Reeve that is the first in a trilogy (you see where this is going, don’t you?), the film’s new trailer delivers Steampunk tech and couture with Western meets Sci-FI/Fantasy flourishes.

The official synopsis released via the Mortal Engines Homepage reads: “Thousands of years after civilisation was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan) – who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London – finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths, should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.” Rage Against the Machine Apparently the city ate all of the black and brown people, leaving one black woman and Asian women amongst …