10 Potentially Awesome Sci-Fi Movies Coming In 2018
6. Mortal Engines
What’s It About?
This awesome foursome of novels was the work of author Phillip Reeve, who wanted to create a kind of alternate turn of the 20th century England. The first entry in his series, which is the focus of this movie, is a post-apocalyptic odyssey that sees a London on wheels – it works, believe us – upping sticks and chasing another town. Protagonist Tom Natsworthy is caught up in the middle of a plot that involves a deadly, age-old weapon.
Who’s In It?
Peter Jackson has assembled Middle Earth alumni Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to bring this steampunk series to the big screen, with Misfits rising star Robert Sheehan staring as Tom, Hugo Weaving in the scholarly role of Thaddeus Valentine and Steven Lang as baddie Shrike.
Why It’ll Be Awesome
Phillips’s world is one that will undoubtedly be a feast for the eyes, I mean, who wouldn’t want to see the man that brought Middle Earth to the big screen present a tale that involves mechanized cities doing battle with one another?