Mortal Engines | December 14, 2018 | Universal

[DMan7]

On 6/5/2018 at 10:46 PM, tonytr87 said:

This is a really cool concept that looks like it might be ruined by awful acting and an inexperienced director. Outside of Weaving, why did they cast a bunch of CW rejects? 

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[tonytr87]

17 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

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Yeah...I don't put much faith in great directors in producer roles if that's what you're implying. Chris Nolan on Batman v Superman or Spielberg on Transformers 2 come to mind. 

[Eric is Quiet]

 

[Wrath]

Visuals looked cool, but I agree it doesn't do a good job of communicating much else.

[BugsBunny]

Nothing new for a while here on a movie that is getting a prime release date not too far off... could this be the guy that gets moved out of a crowded December?

 

Also - anyone else surprised no one from the Poppins/Alita/Aquaman/Bumblebee weekend is trying to jump up in line a week? Why are all the biggest releases slated for the 12/21 weekend when last couple years Star Wars has debuted in the prior equivalent weekend.

[DMan7]

 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

This is the 2018 Christmas tentpole to flop

[DMan7]

16 minutes ago, firedeep said:

This is the 2018 Christmas tentpole to flop

There's going to be more than 1 Christmas tentpole that will flop.

[Wrath]

This managed to get just a little bit of buzz going at the beginning of the summer, but now its all gone. It still has time to get things going again, but right now it feels like it just shriveled.

[Valonqar]

10 hours ago, DMan7 said:

There's going to be more than 1 Christmas tentpole that will flop.

But none bigger than this. 

[DMan7]

5 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

But none bigger than this. 

🤔I'd say about the same actually.

[tonytr87]

Since Hollywood needs some new franchise blood (they can't keep rebooting the same properties over and over forever), I'm rooting for this to succeed. But I doubt it will. 

 

 

[dudalb]

16 hours ago, DMan7 said:

There's going to be more than 1 Christmas tentpole that will flop.

Agreed,,,the market is just too crowded,and there is not just enough box office pit to go around."Mortal Engines" seesm very likely to flop; IMHO the second flop will be either Bumblebee or Alita.

Edited September 11, 2018 by dudalb

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, tonytr87 said:

Since Hollywood needs some new franchise blood (they can't keep rebooting the same properties over and over forever), I'm rooting for this to succeed. But I doubt it will. 

 

 

I want a film to be a big hit that simply is not good franchise material.

[AndyK]

Trailer looks great, should do well.

[Eric is Quiet]

 

[kitik]

More than 3 months later and still on page 18 of this thread.

 

Not a good sign.

[SLAM!]

I can only credit myself for this idea, but I think I would move Mortal Engines to January at this rate now that Hellboy decided to move. This film would've had a chance at making an impact if the December field wasn't as crowded as it is, but alas, it is as crowded as it is. 

[Arlborn]

The book was fun by the way; it started off with a fascinating concept, then it got muddled in the middle a bit with too many cliches of the genre but it actually ended on a pretty high note with some unexpected stuff happening which made me wanna read the next one.

 

This should be fun.

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by Arlborn

[Godzilla]

There’s like ZERO buzz for this.