Uprising is set ten years after the first movie, with Earth facing a renewed Kaiju threat. A new generation of jaegars, more powerful and capable than those in the first movie, stand ready to meet them. John Boyega (Attack the Block, the new Star Wars movies) stars as Jake Pentecost, the son of Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) from the first movie, whilst Rinko Kikuchi reprises her role as Mako Maori. Charlie Hunnam, who starred in the first movie, is not returning due to a scheduling conflict.
This sequel will also feature a more international cast, with Chinese actors Jing Tian and Zhang Jin having a large role, a nod to the first movie's enormous success in China and the involvement of a Chinese production company in co-producing the movie.
Guillermo Del Toro is still on board as a writer and producer, but Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil, Spartacus) is directing this second movie in the series.
Pacific Rim: Uprising will be released on 23 February 2018. You can see a snazzy website with some more info on the world and characters here.
Looking forward to this one, thanks for the link to the site. I like the start of the trailer, but not the end of it which comes across rather childish. And childishness is something the first movie had too much of.
I don't think so. You've seen one robot punch the living daylights out of a monster, you've seen 'em all. Nodded off during the last one. - Ian
ReplyDeleteI wish someone would make a proper Gundam movie rather than these western rip-offs
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this one, thanks for the link to the site.
ReplyDeleteI like the start of the trailer, but not the end of it which comes across rather childish.
And childishness is something the first movie had too much of.
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