Episode Sixteen - Mortal Engines (2018)
Failure to Franchise · Trev Snyder & Chris Sorgiovanni
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Show Notes
In 2001, author Philip Reeve published "Mortal Engines," the first in a series of YA books about a post-apocalyptic world where survivors now live in large, warring, mobile "traction cities." In 2009, acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson purchased the rights to the series, intrigued by the story's cinematic potential. In 2016, production on the film began, under the guidance of first-time director and Jackson protégé Christian Rivers. In 2018, the film was released, into a crowded and highly competitive holiday movie season. And by 2019, the film was almost completely forgotten.
But WE remembered...and now we're here to try to figure out what the hell went wrong.