pacific rim 2

Sweet merciful Gamera, this is good news! Pacific Rim 2, the sequel to the giant robots vs giant monsters movie that has been dead and alive and dead and alive more times than Godzilla himself (the character, not the franchise, although that's appropriate, too) is actually, finally happening. The film dropped its original title of Pacific Rim: Maelstrom title in favor of Pacific Rim Uprising.

Steven S. DeKnight, who helped make Daredevil season one so special (and who has an extraordinarily genre-friendly resume in general), directed the film, working off a screenplay by Derrick Connolly (Jurassic World), who reworked an earlier draft by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, Doctor Strange). This is quite a project for someone to make their big screen directorial debut with, especially when following in the footsteps of someone like Guillermo del Toro. Mr. del Toro will produce alongside Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, Femi Oguns, and John Boyega.