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Everything We Know About Pacific Rim 2

Production on Pacific Rim: Uprising, the sequel to 2013’s Pacific Rim, is underway in […]

Production on Pacific Rim: Uprising, the sequel to 2013’s Pacific Rim, is underway in Australia.

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Photos and first looks have begun to come out of the set, both officially and unofficially, and fans are beginning to become excited at the idea of canceling the apocalypse all over again.

Now that Pacific Rim: Uprising is definitely happening and solid information has begun to find its way to the public, we thought it was time to round up everything we know about Pacific Rim: Uprising so far.

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The Official Title

Pacific Rim 2 was never a sure thing. Sure, the first Pacific Rimย it had a vocal fandom, but it was not a giant success in the United States, grossing just over $100 million, which is relatively low for a big blockbuster. However,ย Pacific Rimย topped the international box office, earning an additional $300 million.

The sequel was, at first, simply referred to asย Pacific Rim 2. It was later retitledย toย Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, but that title was later replaced by the official title ofย Pacific Rim: Uprising.

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The Director

Guillermo del Toro, creator and director of the originalย Pacific Rim, will not be returning forย Pacific Rim: Uprising.

The project has fallen into the capable hands of Steven S. DeKnight, the creator of theย Spartacus television series. DeKnightย wrote forย Buffy the Vampire Slayer and served as showrunner on the first season ofย Marvel’s Daredevil.ย 

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The New Cast

Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega will play the lead role inย Pacific Rim: Uprising. Boyega’s character is Jake Pentecost, the son of Stacker Pentecost, who was played by Idris Elba in the originalย Pacific Rim.

Other new cast members include Cailee Spaenyย as female lead character Amara, Scott Eastwood as Jaegerย pilot Nateย Lambert, and Jian Ting as Liwen Shao.

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Returning Cast

The leading man of the originalย Pacific Rim, Charlie Hunnam, will not be returning forย Pacific Rim: Uprising, but several members of the supporting cast will.

Rinkoย Kikuchiย will once again play Jaegerย pilot Mako Mori. Charlie Day will reprise his role as Dr. Newton Geiszler, a scientist studying Kaiju. Burn Gorman will return to play Geiszler’s colleague, Dr. Hermann Gottlieb.

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The New Jaegers

Pacific Rim is all about Jaegersย vs. Kaiju. While we haven’t seen any Kaijuย just yet, some promotional material has hit the internetย revealing the first look atย Pacific Rim: Uprising‘s Jaegers.

Legendary Pictures hasn’t officially commented on the Jaegers, but they appear to be upgraded versions of the main trio of Jaegersย from the firstย Pacific Rim. Those are Gypsy Danger – which is rumored to take the name Gypsy Avenger in its upgraded form – Chernoย Alpha and Crimson Typhoon.

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The Release Date

So when do fans get to seeย Pacific Rim: Uprisingย in action?

Shooting began in Australia in November 2016. Production is still underway, with a scheduled theatrical release date of Feb. 23, 2018.

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