Pacific Rim 2 Release Date News: Things are looking good for Pacific Rim 2 now that Chinese entertainment company Dalian Wanda acquired Legendary Pictures.
Legendary is the production company behind such blockbusters as "Jurassic World," and "Godzilla." Dalian Wanda paid $3.5 billion for the acquisition. That means that 'Pacific Rim 2' Is looking very likely.
Director Guillermo del Toro says that Pacific Rim's sequel is coming and that he's still attached to direct it. Toro has said that the film will follow Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) and Mako (Rinko Kikuchi), from the original 2013 action adventure film. Pacific Rim 2 will arrive in 3D which may explain the delay.
Reports say Charlie Hunnam, who played Raleigh, will not return for "Pacific Rim 2."
Hollywood Reporter reported that Guillermo del Toro guarantees yhat he will remain as a part of it.
"Pac Rim 2 cancelled? Don't believe everything you read. It's still going and I'll remain w it in one way or another!" del Toro tweeted last week.
Initially, "Pacific Rim 2" was scheduled for an April 2017 release by Universal Studios; that was put on hold due to financial difficulties.
"The characters I love will return," del Toro said last June. "Raleigh, Mako, Newt, Gottlieb and who knows, maybe even Hannibal Chau - but we are taking them into a fresh territory that will display amazing sights and battles. The first film set the stage and now we're ready to have a blast."
Del Toro said "Pacific Rim 2" will explore facets of the story that weren't explained in the first movie.
"It was hard to create a world that did not come from a comic book," del Toro told Buzzfeed. "That had its own mythology, so we had to sacrifice many aspects to be able to cram everything in the first movie. Namely, for example 'the Drift,' this was an interesting concept. [Then there was] this portal that ripped a hole into the fabric of our universe, what were the tools they were using? And we came up with a really, really interesting idea. I don't want to spoil it, but I think at the end of the second movie, people will find out that the two movies stand on their own.
