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1!!The Books:
2* HeAlsoDid: The author wrote another steampunk series, ''Literature/{{Larklight}}'' and its sequels. They feature BritishStuffiness, an amiable giant crab, a close-knit family, an [[TrueCompanions equally close-knit]] band of very pleasant SpacePirates, a giant blue lizard in a crinoline, a NinjaMaid, and an ''entire race'' of nice hats. Not an entire race of people who ''wear'' nice hats, an entire race of people who (most of the time) ''are'' nice hats. [[QuirkyWork We suspect antidepressants]].
3** He also illustrated most of the Literature/MurderousMaths series.
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5!!The Film:
6* ApprovalOfGod: [[http://www.philip-reeve.com/the-mortal-engines-movie-arrives/ Philip Reeve enjoyed the film]], and was so impressed by Jihae's performance as Anna Fang in particular that he wrote ''Night Flights'', a short story collection focused on the character.
7* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $100-150 million. It ended up the biggest victim of the "Christmas Blitz" of 2018 when it opened to a pitiful 7.5 million domestically, fifth below ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', Universal's own ''WesternAnimation/{{The Grinch|2018}}'', ''Film/TheMule'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''. Then it was hammered even further the following week by ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'', ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' and ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', and ultimately grossed a measly $83.2 million worldwide. It is the biggest bomb of Creator/PeterJackson's production career[[labelnote:*]](to add salt to the wound, the film actually made less in North America than Jackson's UsefulNotes/WorldWarI documentary ''Film/TheyShallNotGrowOld'' from the same season)[[/labelnote]], and analysts initially projected Universal would lose up to ''$150 million'' on the film when accounting was done. ''Deadline'' was even more pessimistic, estimating the loss at $170 million, which would have actually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs made it]] ''the worst box office bomb of all time'' (at least before the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic). After all the numbers were in, ''Deadline'''s prediction was confirmed, the film is currently the single biggest confirmed box office loss ever after inflation[[note]] [[Film/TheLoneRanger2013 two]] [[Film/TheThirteenthWarrior or three]] [[Film/JohnCarter other]] films that may have lost more, but their figures are given as a range so it could have been less[[/note]].
8* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film is called ''Predator Cities Chronicles'' in Russian, which refers to two of the fan names for the book series: ''Predator Cities Quartet'' and ''Hungry City Chronicles''.
9* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Peter Jackson purchased the film rights to the novel in 2009, but the project was put on the backburner due to Jackson and his production company already being busy making ''Film/TheHobbit'' trilogy. Production would officially start in 2016, with the final film being released in December 2018.
10* WorkingTitle: Was shipped to cinemas under the name "Squeaky Wheels".

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