A new full-length trailer for the upcoming Universal Pictures film Pacific Rim: Uprising!
Set ten years after the 2013 fan-favorite original film, Pacific Rim: Uprising stars John Boyega as Jake Pentecost– son of Pacific Rim’s Marshall Stacker Pentecost- who must unite the next generation of Jaeger robot pilots when the monstrous Kaiju return from beyond the Breach.
Pacific Rim: Uprising comes out on March 23, 2018! Don’t miss out on this amazing action film!
Legendary Pictures has revealed the first set of teaser posters for the upcoming sequel to 2013’s fan-favorite Kaiju VS Mecha monster-mash Pacific Rim!
This new film, Pacific Rim: Uprising is set 10 years after the first and stars John Boyega as Jake Pentecost– the son of Marshall Stacker Pentecost from the original movie.
The first full trailer for Pacific Rim: Uprising is currently scheduled to debut at New York Comic Con on October 6 2017! Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Pacific Rim reveals!
Numerous sources including Deadline, Variety, and cbr.com are now reporting that Legendary’s upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising sequel has been delayed.
Initially set for release February 23 2018, Pacific Rim Uprising will now see a release date of March 23 2018.
To put this into perspective: Pacific Rim Uprising’s biggest hurdle that month would’ve been Marvel’s Black Panther, which would’ve been released February 9th. Unfortunately, this change now puts the Kaiju/mecha smack down right in between the 2018 Robin Hood movie and Ready Player One.
We’ll see how well this change bodes well for the movie. In the meantime, stay tuned and we’ll bring you more up to date info as it becomes available.
The first teaser for Pacific Rim: Uprising has been posted online!
This brief video gives fans a history of the iconic Jaeger Program that saved humanity during the Kaiju War of Pacific Rim and features new lead actor John Boyega encouraging fans to join the Program & save the world once again!
But that’s not all for Pacific Rim today- a new viral marketing campaign has been launched, via GoJaeger.com that will provide fans with new information about the film and its universe as we move close to its release.
Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Pacific Rim news!
A couple of casting tidbits have been revealed for Legendary Pictures’ upcoming cinematic adventure, Pacific Rim 2!
*First up, singer Cailee Spaeny is confirmed for this film. Pacific Rim 2 will be Spaeny’s first major release.
*Next comes Jing Tian, (also coming soon to Kong: Skull Island and The Great Wall.)
Sadly, character details for these two new cast members are not available at time of writing.
Directed by Steven S. DeKnight and produced by Guiliermo Del Toro, Pacific Rim 2 is currently scheduled for release on February 28. 2018!
Good news if your a fan of Pacific Rim, it seems that the fourth coming sequel isn’t dead as previously reported earlier this year
News broke out that John Boyega was just recently casted to play the lead role in this forthcoming sequel, the film is set to begin production fourth quarter 2016 according to deadline.com.
John Boyega is perhaps best known for his portrayal as the character Finn from Star Wars: The Force Awakens though much of his character’s role and backstory are currently unknown.
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!
A recent interview with director Guiliermo Del Toro provided some new insight into his upcoming film Pacific Rim 2 the sequel to 2013’s fan favorite monster vs. mecha action spectacular.
Del Toro offers a few details about the story structure for this new film:
“It’s a few years after the first one. It’s not an immediate follow-up. It is the world having been freed of Kaiju, what happens to the world after – what happens to the Jaeger technology once the Kaiju are not a threat. It’s quite a jump.”
Furthermore, Guiliermo has apparently confirmed two returning actors for this project:
*Charlie Day as Dr. Newton
*Burn Gorman as Dr. Herman Gottlieb.
Will anyone else return from the original film? What new adventures await us on this side of the Breach? Only time will tell!
Pacific Rim 2 is expected to hit theaters in 2017. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Kaiju and Jaeger news!
At the SDCC Legendary panel, Director Gareth Edwards announced that he will be back to direct Godzilla two, and then show the attendees at the panel a teaser featuring “historical” footage and a voiceover by JFK revealing that there are more threats out there as the names of creatures flashed on the screen, they were: Mothra, Rodan, and Ghidorah.
Gareth will be directing another film before tackling Godzilla 2.
Tokusatsu fans across the world fell in love with Guiliermo Del Toro’s epic Mecha VS Kaiju cinematic entry Pacific Rim last summer. Sadly, the box office returns were less than expected, leaving the future of this innovative new universe in doubt- UNTIL NOW!
Del Toro himself has confirmed that Pacific Rim 2 will be released in 2017! In addition, a new animated series set in the Pacific Rim universe (and following up on the adventures published in comic book format) will come out to bridge the gap between the first film and the sequel.