According to THR, Peter Jackson, his producing partner/wife Fran Walsh and their frequent screenwriting collaborator Philippa Boyens penned the script for the Mortal Engines movie, which has landed at Universal.
A couple years after finishing The Hobbit trilogy, filmmaker Peter Jackson is gearing up to return in a big way.
As mentioned earlier, fantasy is where Peter Jackson has shined best, so it’s not surprising that he’s waited so long to get this Mortal Engines adaptation off the ground.
Jackson expressed interest years ago in tackling Mortal Engines, and now that dream is finally coming to fruition.