Mortal Engines (upcoming film)

Mortal Engines is an upcoming science action film directed by Mark Dindal from a screenplay by David Reynolds, Mark Torgove and Etan Cohen, based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Philip Reeve. It is a remake of the 2018 film Mortal Engines by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Pratt, Chloe Bennet, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Jeremy Irons, Josh Brolin with Jamie Foxx and Charlie Day in the co-productions with Mexico, France, India, China and the United States, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic world where entire cities have been mounted on wheels and motorised, and practice municipal Darwinism; its movie universe is different from that of the books. and also brought on several members of his production teams from The Transporter, Taken, Lucy, Jurassic World with Bridge of Spies and Kung Fu Wa for their works on Luc Besson, Steven Spielberg and Zack Isaac's productions.
==Cast==
* Anya Taylor-Joy as Hester Shaw
* Timothée Chalamet as Tom Natsworthy
* Chris Pratt as Thaddeus Valentine
* Chloe Bennet as Anna Fang
* Pedro Pascal as Bevis Pod
* Vanessa Kirby as Katherine Valentine
* Jeremy Irons as Magnus Crome
* Josh Brolin as Shrike
* Jamie Foxx as Chudleigh Pomeroy
* Charlie Day as Vambrace
* Shameik Moore as Captain Madzimoyo Khora
* Rachel House as Yasmina Rashid
* Chris Hemsworth as Herbert Melliphant
Additional cameo celebrities: Anthony Ramos, Abbi Jacobson and Zack Isaac.
==Production==
===Development===
On March 2, 2024, Mexican cartoonist Zack Isaac was reported to have begun development of a remake based on Peter Jackson's film Mortal Engines, production started on a feature film to be directed by Mark Dindal while Amblin Partners and Fifth Season would be financing the third film worked on Hooters and Night of Peace and Night of Love: The Diabolical Before Christmas.
==Visual effects==
Provided by Mikros Animation and Cinesite designed the moving cities to actual scale in CG, which required building layout "puppets" that represented the different city tiers.
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