The sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 mecha-kaiju-brawler Pacific Rim has come a long way from its humble beginnings. The movie was originally helmed by Del Toro until he ultimately decided to step down. The reason for this seems to boil down to scheduling: due to Legendary Pictures being sold to Chinese company The Wanda […]
Watch an ‘on the set’ featurette for Pacific Rim Uprising
Universal and Legendary have released an ‘On the Set’ featurette for Pacific Rim Uprising which takes us behind the scenes of the upcoming sci-fi action sequel and includes interviews with the cast and crew; watch it here.. SEE ALSO: Pacific Rim Uprising director says a crossover with Godzilla and King Kong is a possibility SEE ALSO: Pacific Rim […]
John Boyega and Scott Eastwood featured in new Pacific Rim Uprising image
Thanks to Empire, we’ve got a brand new image from next year’s sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising featuring John Boyega as Jake Pentecost, son of Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost, along with Scott Eastwood’s Lambert; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Pacific Rim Uprising director says a crossover with Godzilla and King Kong is a […]
Marvel’s first LGBT character, Shazam gets a release date, Blade Runner 2049’s disappointing box office performance and more – Daily News Roundup
SHE’S BI After years of campaigning and requests, Marvel Studios have their first official LGBT character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Tessa Thompson revealing her character Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok is bi-sexual. Check out her announcement here. THE RETURN OF ONE-SHOTS Something else that has often been requested by fans is the return of […]
Pacific Rim Uprising director says a crossover with Godzilla and King Kong is a possibility
Back in September when it was first announced that Legendary Pictures were planning a shared universe between Godzilla and King Kong, rumours surfaced about the possibility of the studio bringing Pacific Rim’s Jaegers and Kaiju into the mix for a crossover of monster proportions. Since then, we’ve heard nothing else about the prospect; however, Steven […]
Legendary announces Pacific Rim Uprising prequel Pacific Rim Aftermath
Legendary has announced that it is set to prepare us for our return to the world of Jaegers and Kaiju with Pacific Rim Aftermath, the official comic book prequel to March’s hotly-anticipated movie sequel Pacific Rim Uprising, which comes from the creative team of Cavan Scott and Rich Elson. Santa Monica, 2034. In a city […]
Pacific Rim shared universe, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom trailer, all-female Marvel team-up movie and more – Weekend News Roundup
PACIFIC RIM SHARED UNIVERSE It should come as no surprise given the latest Hollywood trend, but it has been revealed that Pacific Rim: Uprising could be a launching platform for a shared universe. “If enough people show up to this, we’ve already talked about the plot of the third movie, and how the end of […]
Pacific Rim Uprising a “launching pad” for a shared universe
Following the release of the first trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising, Nerdist caught up with director Steven S. DeKnight to discuss the film, with DeKnight revealing that the plan is for the sequel to serve as a “launching pad” for an entire transmedia franchise featuring movies, spinoff films, comics and even an animated series. “I’m […]
Watch the first trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising
The first trailer for Steven S. DeKnight’s upcoming sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising has been unveiled at the New York Comic Con, and we have it for you here; take a look… The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on […]
First-look images and new teaser for Pacific Rim: Uprising
With the first trailer set to debut this weekend at New York Comic-Con, EW has revealed four first look images for the upcoming sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising which you can check out below along with a new teaser for the film… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk2a-rzjmKE The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines […]
