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John Boyega announces that Pacific Rim: Uprising has wrapped filming

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Producer and star John Boyega has taken to Twitter to announce that filming has wrapped on Pacific Rim: Uprising, the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi action blockbuster. https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/846757673127350272 Pacific Rim: Uprising sees Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil) stepping into the director’s chair, while Boyega is portraying the son of Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost. Also […]

East Loves West: The ever growing Chinese interest in Hollywood

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Tom Jolliffe on the ever-growing Chinese interest in Hollywood… It used to be that the success or failure of a Hollywood film rested on its domestic box office results. In fact success or failure was often established by the time the opening weekend results had come in, and even further you could say by the […]

Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day and Burn Gorman reportedly returning for Pacific Rim: Uprising

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It looks like we may be seeing a few familiar faces in Pacific Rim: Uprising, with cinematographer Dan Mindel sharing an image to Instagram which features a cast list that includes several names from the Guillermo del Toro-directed first movie, along with one potential newcomer to the franchise… The cast list includes Rinko Kikuchi (Mako Mori), Charlie […]

Nick Tarabay joins Pacific Rim: Maelstrom

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Earlier this week star and co-producer John Boyega announced that filming is underway on Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, the upcoming sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi action epic, and now Variety is reporting that Spartacus star Nick Tarabay has joined the cast in an as-yet-unrevealed role. Maelstrom will reunite Tarabay with former Spartacus showrunner Steven […]

Pacific Rim sequel officially titled Maelstrom, production underway

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John Boyega has officially announced over on his Instagram that the title for the Pacific Rim sequel is Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, confirming one of the many rumoured titles for the film. Furthermore, production officially starts today in Sydney, Australia as Boyega also said “First day on Pacific Rim today. Here’s to great adventures ahead”.   Pacific Rim: Maelstrom is set for […]

Cailee Spaeny set for female lead in Pacific Rim 2

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Variety is reporting that actress and singer Cailee Spaeny (Counting to 1,000) has nabbed the female lead in Pacific Rim 2, joining a cast that includes John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad). The follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi blockbuster is being directed by Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil). Plot […]

Emily Carmichael and Kira Snyder writing Pacific Rim 2

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Back in May of this year it was reported that Derek Connolly (Jurassic World) had been brought in by Legendary to pen the screenplay for Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, the follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi action blockbuster, which is set to explode into cinemas in February 2018. Well, in an interview over at Ars […]

Jurassic World screenwriter hired for Pacific Rim 2

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Jurassic World screenwriter Derek Connolly has been hired by Legendary to write the script for Pacific Rim 2, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Marvel’s Daredevil season one showrunner Steven S. DeKnight will direct the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 blockbuster, which pitted robots piloted by humans known as ‘Jaegers’ against otherworldly Kaiju invaders. Plot details are being […]

Levi Meaden and Jing Tian join Pacific Rim 2

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Legendary Pictures has announced a couple of casting additions for Pacific Rim 2, with Levi Meaden (Aftermath) set to play “an irreverent and offbeat” cadet and Chinese actress Jing Tian (Police Story: Lockdown) signing on for an as-yet-unrevealed role. The follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 action sci-fi is being directed by Steven S. DeKnight […]