In the struggle to save the real world, it’s the young people that are most like the hobbits, Peter Jackson says

We tend to be drawn to stories where underdogs become heroes – this is true in the magical world of Tolkien, as it is in the Mortal Engines world of Philip Reeve that Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens recently brought to the big screen.

In the case of the real world, Jackson says the recent elections in America show signs of a generational change that give him hobbit-like hope for the future.

Mortal Engines will be hitting cinemas 8th Dec.