PACIFIC RIM 2 Title Confirmed as Filming Begins
If you only look at domestic grosses, the fact that we're getting a sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 robots vs. kaiju movie Pacific Rim is nothing short of astonishing. The film only pulled in $101 million in the United States, and with a reported budget of $190 million, that's not great. But overseas, it outperformed most predictions, pulling in an additional $309 million. So a sequel was greenlit, and now, three years later, production is finally underway.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega, who's been cast as the son of Idris Elba's Stacker Pentecost in the sequel, revealed that filming started today and finally confirmed the long-rumored title of the new movie:
So Pacific Rim: Maelstrom it is.
We know the movie stars Boyega and newcomer Cailee Spaeny, and though del Toro (who's producing while Steven S. DeKnight directs) has said that "a lot" of the first film's cast will return, we know Charlie Hunnam won't be coming back and I feel like chances are pretty small Elba will show up in anything beyond a quick cameo if at all. The film arrives in theaters on February 23, 2018.