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Emerald City’s Adria Arjona joins Pacific Rim 2

September 27, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Adria Arjona (True Detective) has become the latest casting addition for Pacific Rim 2, joining the previously announced John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad),  Cailee Spaeny (Counting to 1,000), Levi Meaden (Aftermath) and Jing Tian (Police Story: Lockdown).

Arjona will soon be seen in the lead role of Dorothy Gale in NBC’s Wizard of Oz retelling Emerald City, which gets underway in January, and is also set to appear in the James Gunn-produced horror The Belko Experiment and the Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party.

Pacific Rim 2 is the follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi action blockbuster, and sees Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil) directing. It is set for release on February 23rd 2018.

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Originally published September 27, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Adria Arjona, Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim 2, Pacific Rim: Maelstrom

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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