Peter Jackson’s ‘Mortal Engines’ Set for Holiday 2018 Release

Universal announces that adaptation of Philip Reeve’s best-seller will hit theaters on December 14, 2018

Peter Jackson‘s next movie, the YA adaptation “Mortal Engines,” will land in theaters on December 14, 2018, Universal announced on Thursday.

Jackson and longtime collaborator Fran Walsh are following their award-winning “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies by producing and co-scripting another big-screen take on a fantastical book series, this one based on Philip Reeve’s award-winning “Mortal Engines.”

The story, set in a future Earth where cities roam the globe on giant wheels and battle each other for ever diminishing natural resources, follows two unlikely heroes who come together and change the course of the future.

Oscar-winning visual-effects artist Christian Rivers (“King Kong”) is directing the movie from a screenplay by Jackson, Walsh and Philippa Boyens (who will also co-produce).