Harrison Abbott chats with VFX supervisor Shawn Hillier… A costly collab between HBO, BBC Studios, New Line Cinema, and Bad Wolf: His Dark Materials has a lot of resources propping it up. So, as you would expect, the production value on this Philip Pullman adaptation is absolutely top-notch – boasting ornate sets, lavish costume-design and […]
Netflix developing Pacific Rim and Altered Carbon animes
Earlier this week Netflix announced an expansion to its slate of animated series and original films and now today the streaming service has revealed two additional anime projects, but these presumably won’t be as family friendly as many of the previously announced titles. Instead, the Pacific Rim franchise will get getting the anime treatment as well as an […]
Exclusive Interview – Scott Eastwood talks Pacific Rim Uprising
Coinciding with its home-entertainment release today, we’ve got an exclusive video interview with Pacific Rim Uprising star Scott Eastwood, where he discusses his preparation for the film, how being a pilot in real life helped with the role and the intensive running that he and John Boyega had to do on treadmills in the Jaeger pods. […]
Godzilla joins Pacific Rim Uprising in Japanese poster mash-up
No, it’s not a crossover between Godzilla and Pacific Rim – although that has previously been teased as a possibility – but the King of the Monsters is sharing space with the Jaegers in a new poster from illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin to promote the upcoming Japanese releases of Pacific Rim Uprising and Godzilla: City on […]
Pacific Rim Uprising opens to $150.5 million worldwide, Black Panther finally toppled in North America
T’Challa has finally been dethroned at the North American box office as Legendary Pictures’ sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising knocked Black Panther down to second place, taking top spot with $28 million domestically, and a worldwide opening weekend of $150.5 million. Uprising, the follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 blockbuster, grossed $122.5 million, including a […]
Watch the trailer for Pacific Rim Aftermath
Coinciding with the release of Pacific Rim Uprising in theaters today [read our reviews here and here], Legendary Comics has unveiled a brand new trailer for its prequel series Pacific Rim Aftermath, the six-part prologue set nine years after the original 2013 film and one year before the events of Uprising. Check it out here… SEE […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Steven S. DeKnight on Pacific Rim Uprising
The sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising opens in cinemas tomorrow [read our review here], and Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris got the chance to sit down with director Steven S. DeKnight to discuss how he came to be attached to the movie, the advice he received from Guillermo del Toro, the ‘Steve DeKnight Manifesto for […]
Exclusive: Steven S. DeKnight on the advice he received from Guillermo del Toro for Pacific Rim Uprising
Having worked on the likes of Angel, Smallville, Spartacus and Daredevil, Steven S. DeKnight makes the jump to the big screen this week with the release of the blockbuster sequel Pacific Rim Uprising. Uprising sees DeKnight stepping into the shoes of Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, who directed the first movie back in 2013, and speaking […]
Gypsy Avenger featured on new Pacific Rim Uprising poster
Ahead of its release this Friday, a new Japanese poster has arrived online for the sci-fi action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising featuring the Jaeger Gypsy Avenger; Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Pacific Rim Uprising gets a Kaiju-sized batch of new images The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines […]
Pacific Rim Uprising gets new banners and ‘A Look Inside’ featurette
With less than two weeks to go until Pacific Rim Uprising arrives in cinemas, five new banners have been released for the upcoming sci-fi action sequel featuring the Jaegers; check them out below along with ‘A Look Inside’ featurette for the movie… SEE ALSO: Watch five clips from Pacific Rim Uprising The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly […]