Universal Pictures has unveiled the very firstPacific Rim Uprisingposter ahead of the film’s highly anticipated trailer debut next week at New York Comic-Con. The sequel was never a foregone conclusion, asGuillermo del Toro’s original 2013 “monsters vs. robots” movie wasjustsuccessful enough to turn a profit. But huge numbers in China convinced Legendary to forge ahead with a sequel, this time with Universal taking over the distribution instead of Warner Bros.
Del Toro was initially developingPacific Rim 2to direct, but he subsequently exited the director’s chair to focus on gettingThe Shape of Waterup and running.DaredevilSeason 1 showrunnerSteven S. DeKnightthen stepped in and took over the project, shepherding what is nowPacific Rim Uprisingto fruition.
This follow-up starsJohn Boyegaas Jake Pentecost, the son ofIdris Elba’s character from the first movie, and the story takes place 10 years after the events ofPacific Rim. The Jaeger program has now evolved and expanded into a massive global defense force after the Battle of the Breach, which comes in handy when the Kaiju threat returns.
This debut poster shows that Jake is very drift compatible with his own Jaeger, and I’m very curious to see how the tech ofPacific Rimhas evolved in this sequel. One of the greatest strengths of Guillermo del Toro’s first film was its world building, so there’s certainly a lot to expand upon in a follow-up. Screenplay-wise, the credits on this one are as follows: Story by DeKnight andT.S. Nowlin(Maze Runner), and screenplay byEmily Carmichael(Adventures of Ledo and Ix) &Kira Snyder(The Handmaid’s Tale) and DeKnight and Nowlin.
Check out thePacific Rim Uprisingposter below,via Boyega’s Twitter, and come back next week to watch the trailer. The film also starsScott Eastwood,Jing Tian,Cailee Spaeny,Rinko Kikuchi,Burn Gorman,Adria Arjona, andCharlie Day.Pacific Rim: Uprisingopens in theaters on June 07, 2025.
