Pacific Rim: Uprising
The officialPacific Rim Uprisingposter is now available online , courtesy of the continuation ’s hotshot John Boyega . This reveal comes hot on the heels of news that thefirstUprisingtrailer will debut at New York Comic Conthis year , andPacific Rimfans are no doubt more than ready to enroll the Drift once more .
Boyega star inUprisingas Jake Pentecost , son of Idris Elba ’s Stacker Pentecost from the firstPacific Rimmovie . While his father may have canceled the apocalypse , Jake await ready to verify itstayscanceled with Gipsy Danger behind him . Returning for thePacific Rimsequel are Charlie Day as Dr. Newton Geiszler , and combust Gorman as Hermann Gottlieb . They ’re link by fledgling Jing Tian , Scott Eastwood , Adria Arjona and Levi Meaden in the film , drawing from a handwriting write by Steven DeKnight ( who is also directing ) , Emily Carmichael , Kira Snyder , and T.S. Nowlin . The sequel take shoes 10 years after the " engagement of the breach " and sees a new genesis ofJaeger pilotstaking up the fight against monumental alien monster from another dimension .
Done in drab browns and mahogany tone , thePacific Rim Uprisingposter that Boyega posted to his Twitter bill ( see below ) is part recruitment one - sheet , part a fiesta for the heart . Exactly how Jake will apportion with the death of his father , the Kaiju , and whatever trials and tribulations DeKnight ( Daredevil)and ship’s company select to throw at him remains to be seen , but this bill suggests that he ’s more than ready to face just aboutanychallenge .
Hopefully , the other new Jaeger pilot that will be introduce duringPacific Rim Uprisingwill be getting their own bill poster ( like this one ) , in the months ahead . Although the originalPacific Rimwas only a modest box office murder worldwide ( due to its massive budget ) , it has since make grow a self-colored following of consecrated Kaiju fans . The franchise has an reward over other giant monster place ( likeGodzillaandKing Kong ) , in that its human characters are a big part of its collection . finger crossed , that will stay the sheath withUprising .
As forPacific Rim Uprising ’s commercial prospects , the sequel arrives a week after theTomb Raiderreboot ( starring Alicia Vikander ) and one week before director Steven Spielberg’sReady Player Oneadaptation . With Boyega leading the charge , thePacific Rimsequel stand up to put up a safe fight at the box office , even in the facial expression of some major competition .
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