THR is reporting that Colin Salmon (Limitless), Patrick Malahide (Game of Thrones) and Rege-Jean Page (Roots) have joined the cast of the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines adaptation.
The adaptation of Philip Reeve’s award-winning book series is being directed by frequent Jackson collaborator Christian Rivers and is set thousands of years in the future in a world where cities now move on massive wheels, and attack each other for control over Earth’s diminishing resources.
Salmon, Malahide and Page join a cast that so far includes Hera Hilmar (Da Vinci’s Demons), Stephen Lang (Avatar), Hugo Weaving (The Lord of the Rings), Robbie Sheehan (Fortitude), Ronan Raftery (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Leila George (Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?) and Jihae (Mars).
Mortal Engines will hit cinemas on December 14th 2018.
Originally published April 24, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
