Latest MORTAL ENGINES Featurettes and More Videos Don’t miss the latest MORTAL ENGINES featurettes and more videos! The film, directed by Christian Rivers, stars Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Robert Sheehan, and Stephen Lang. MORTAL ENGINES will be released in theaters on December 14. A mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw, emerges as the only one who can stop a giant, predator city on wheels devouring everything in its path. Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.