‘Mortal Engines’: Peter Jackson Protégé Christian Rivers on Breaking Out with His First Feature Film

Peter Jackson’s shadow still looms over New Zealand — just as high as the Eye of Mordor, but certainly more benevolent. This is one of the first things my taxi driver mentions after departing Wellington airport, a quaint port with a massive overhanging sculpture of Gandalf riding an eagle. A “Wellywood” sign — like the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles — catches the sun from atop a nearby hill that overlooks the peninsula, another reminder of the country’s mini film boom that’s due in large part to Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. It’s …

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