The ‘Pacific Rim’ sequel wants you to join the uprising

It’s been four years since the first Pacific Rim movie came out and now we’re less than a year away from its sequel. Pacific Rim: Uprising gets a new teaser trailer that shows tons of Jaegers, a.k.a. the giant humanoid robots that beat up on kaiju, a.k.a. the giant monsters. We also see Jaeger pilot Jake Pentecost (played by John Boyega of Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ fame). Jake is the son of Stacker Pentecost (played by Idris Elba) in the first film. The other actors making a comeback for the sequel include Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, and Rinko Kikuchi. Pacific Rim: Uprising is set to come out in February 2018.

John Boyega jumps from ‘Star Wars’ to ‘Pacific Rim’

John Boyega goes from toppling The First Order to fighting Kaiju. The Star Wars star has lined up his next franchise in the form of Pacific Rim 2, a sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s action sci-fi monster movie. Aside from starring in it as the son of Idris Elba’s character from the first film, his production company UpperRoom Productions will be producing the sequel alongside Legendary Pictures. The new film will be directed by Steven S. DeKnight, who’s worked on the several Spartacus TV shows and replaced Drew Goddard as showrunner for Netflix’s Daredevil. Del Toro will become a producer for the sequel. There is no word though if Charlie Hunnam will be reprising his role as Raleigh Becket.

Source: Independent

Pacific Rim gets Super Ticket theater and digital download combo in Canada

Cineplex Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment join forces to offer Canada’s first Super Ticket offering for the much anticipated Guillermo del Toro summer blockbuster, Pacific Rim, showing on July 12.

This offer includes the movie ticket and pre-order of the UltraViolet digital version of Pacific Rim ($19.99 for standard definition and $24.99 for high definition), which will be available before the DVD and Blu-Ray release. Super Ticket purchasers will also get additional 725 points for Cineplex’s loyalty program and access to exclusive extra content. Super Ticket sales opened on July 5 at Cineplex.com, participating Cineplex theater box offices or automated ticketing kiosks, or through the Cineplex mobile app.