Pacific Rim 2 Setting And Characters

 

Pacific Rim 2 is finally moving towards production, the sequel initially failed to get a greenlight from Universal, but it’s now back on track with original director Guillermo del Toro in a producer’s role, while Steven S. DeKnight has come in to helm. Now, bits and pieces have begun to spill out about the production, and what direction we can expect to see our favorite characters head in.

Del Toro admitted that he’s hesitant to reveal too much about a film that he’s not actually directing saying “I can tell you this — a lot of the cast from the first movie is coming back. I leave those communications to Steven DeKnight. He’s not only a director, but he’s actually a guy I respect and admire and it’s his movie.”

Del Toro had originally intended that Charlie Day’s character from the first film would play a major role in the sequel, but that appears to be up in the air now. He has given DeKnight creative control over the story though, which means that the filmmaker can go in many different directions with it.

Pacific Rim 2 is set for release on February 23rd, 2018.