Bad news if you’re a fan of the quasi-toku franchise Pacific Rim. It was revealed today through a story in the Hollywood Reporter that an on-going battle between Legendary Pictures (the company that made the first Pacific Rim movie) and Universal (the company that distributed the movie) has put the sequel to the fan-favorite movie in to an indefinite halt in terms of production, with whispers that the movie may not get made period.
To recap – Pacific Rim finished its domestic earnings at $101.8 million dollars. However, the overseas market (and especially China) helped the movie earn worldwide a total of over $409 million dollars. Legendary Pictures has a lot of investment in the Chinese market and desperately wants a sequel to this movie made (because of the apparent cash cow it will become in the Chinese market). Universal, on the other hand, could care less about the overseas market and is more concerned about money, or the lack thereof, being brought in by recent releases from Legendary Pictures.
In short – it’s all about the money. Universal is unhappy with recent releases from Legendary Pictures, while Legendary Pictures wants more money chipped in (while cashing in on the Chinese market once the movie is released). A special thanks to ScreenCrush.com for their interpretation of the original article.
Are your hopes crushed? Or could you care less? Sound off in discussion!
TokuChris says
This is a long read but a very interesting look at Hollywood and the squabbles that kill movies.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...iversal-823715
In short - Legendary has investments in China and Pacific Rim did well there, so they want a sequel. Universal was unhappy with the domestic performance (101 million) and is very reluctant to move forward, causing the movie to be halted indefinitely, if not scrapped altogether.
Galvantula says
That sucks man.
Still it's not surprising in the least. Hollywood wants money and while Pacific Rim did do well I guess they just don't want to fund a sequel.
Kiwami says
No big loss IMO. Pacific Rim was decent at best.
Paladin says
No mention of the supposed animated series based on the film either. Gonna guess that's faded into oblivion as well.
Ravenxl7 says
I'm actually ok with this. As much as I enjoyed Pacific Rim, I can't imagine a sequel to it actually turning out good. With how the story went, I see any sequel being really forced and heavy handed to try and continue that story.
spikebuster says
Yes yes yes!
PkmnMstr says
Aww man! I read before that production had hit a bump, but I was hoping for an eventual release. I don't care how long I have to wait. It would be super great though if they would have Goji and Kong fight Jaegers in a future mashup. And be all Toku movie-like and have the two Kings fighting WITH Jaegers against some super Kaiju.
Electric Turahk says
Well I'm pretty bummed.
Switchblade says
Well, balls.
GoseiWonder says
Aww, I wanted another Giant Robot Punch Up.
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