How Peter Jackson and his protégé Christian Rivers revved up `Mortal Engines` for the big screen
(LA Times NBA)

In 2015, Peter Jackson was feeling burned out - and you could hardly blame him. The New Zealand director had just finished work on the `Hobbit` films, wrapping up production on his supersized fantasy trilogy in a final sprint of 22-hour days that had left his energy depleted and his brain utterly...