Pacific Rim: Uprising

Pacific Rim: Uprising is an upcoming American science fiction monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight and written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, and T.S. Nowlin from a story by Guillermo del Toro. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Pacific Rim, and stars John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny and Jing Tian, with Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day and Burn Gorman returning in their roles from the original film. It is scheduled to be released on March 23, 2018, by Universal Pictures.

Premise

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.^[2]

Cast

• John Boyega as Jake Pentecost^[3][4]
• Scott Eastwood as Nate Lambert^[4][5]
• Cailee Spaeny as Amara Namani^[4][6]
• Jing Tian as Liwen Shao^[7]
• Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori^[4]
• Charlie Day as Dr. Newt Geiszler^[4]
• Burn Gorman as Dr. Hermann Gottlieb^[4]
• Karan Brar as Suresh^[8]
• Ivanna Sakhno^[9]
• Zhang Jin as Marshal Quan ^[10]
• Mackenyu as Ryoichi^[11]
• Shyrley Rodriguez^[12]
• Adria Arjona as Jules^[13]
• Levi Meaden as Ilya^[14]
• Rahart Adams^[15]
• Zhu Zhu as Juen

Production

Development

In 2012, prior to the first movie's release, Del Toro noted that he had ideas for the sequel,^[16] later in 2014 noting that he had secretly been working on the script with Zak Penn for several months.^[17] Later in June, del Toro confirmed that he would direct the sequel, and that it would be released by Universal Pictures, Legendary's new financing and distribution partner, on April 7, 2017.^[18] In July 2015, it was reported that filming was expected to begin in November, however production was halted following conflicts between Universal and Legendary. As the sequel's future became unclear, Universal indefinitely delayed the film.^[19][20] Still determined to get the film made, del Toro kept working on the film and by that October announced that he had presented the studio with a script and a budget.^[21]

After the sale of Legendary to Chinese Wanda Group for $3.5 billion,^[22] observers noted an increased likelihood of Pacific Rim 2’s production being revitalized because the first film was so successful in China.^[23]

In February 2016, the studio and del Toro himself via Twitter announced that Steven S. DeKnight would take over directing duties with a new script written by Jon Spaihts marking DeKnight's feature directorial debut, while del Toro would remain on the project as a producer.^[24] Derek Connolly was brought in on May 12, 2016, to do another rewrite of the script.^[25]

Casting

Cast announcements began in June with John Boyega accepting a role,^[3] with news that Scott Eastwood was in talks appearing later that month.^[5] Further announcements took place in September^{[6][7][26][27]} and November.^[28] A notable absence from the cast was Charlie Hunnam who could not join the project because of his scheduling conflicts.^[29]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began on November 9, 2016, in Australia.^[30][31] On December 14, 2016, the official title was revealed to be Pacific Rim: Uprising.^[32] In February 2017, three new Jaegers for the film were revealed.^[33] On March 8, 2017 filming started in China.^[34] On March 30, 2017, filming was completed.^[35]

Music

Composer John Paesano will be writing the score for the film, replacing the first film's composer Ramin Djawadi. ^[36]

Release

Pacific Rim: Uprising is scheduled to be released on March 23, 2018, by Universal Pictures in 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D.^[37] Previously it was scheduled for an August 4, 2017, release, and originally for April 7, 2017.^[38]

References

External links

• Official website
• Pacific Rim: Uprising on IMDb