Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim Uprisingis getting an prescribed prequel comedian , it ’s been revealed . The six - part comic book seriesPacific Rim Aftermathwill launching in January 2018 , tee up the film ’s March release . The comics will reasonably bridge the gap between Guillermo del Toro ’s 2013 Kaiju - versus - robots movie , Pacific Rim , and Steven S. DeKnight ’s sequel , rising .
This is n’t the first time that thePacific Rimfranchise has crossed over into the comic book world . The first picture ’s writer Travis Beacham released theTales from Year Zerographic novel in 2013 . A series titledTales from the Driftfollowed in 2015 , with Beacham get a story credit while Joshua Hale Fialkov handled the writing . DeKnight has already press out his interest in usingUprisingto “ expand the universe”ofPacific Rim , so it ’s no surprisal that multimedia tie - ins have begin again now in earnest .
An all - novel creative team has been brought in for theAftermathcomic book series , with Cavan Scott on spell duties and Rich Elson tackling the art . Their series has been described as “ a gritty action adventure that explores a new reprehensible underworld born in an age of monsters and mechs ” . A full synopsis and the first back have also been uncover :
“ Santa Monica , 2034 . In a city that was once the gem of the West Coast , a raw world has emerged : one rising up from the ash tree of giant robots and jumbo monsters . In this futurist aftermath , we will meet a young genesis of survivors , including Jake Pentecost , son of Stacker Pentecost , who is searching for answers behind the death of his Legendary Father of the Church ; Griffin , a Jaeger pilot who has gone from defending the mankind to pilot an illegal Jaeger hatchet man for a mob boss ; and the Mech Czar , a techno - criminal overlord who reign the infernal region with a sword fist . Set against a neo - noir background of street gangs , Kaiju worshipers , and Jaeger Scrapyards , a mysterious but intimate form arrives with a dangerous docket … ”
The first cinema stop in 2025 , and the second one takes place ten years later . Therefore , the effect of theAftermathcomics , set in 2034 , should slot in roughly a twelvemonth before theUprisingfilm ’s tale . It should be an interesting primer regardingJohn Boyega ’s Jake , who is the admirer ofUprisingand the boy of Stacker Pentecost ( Idris Elba ’s Book of Revelation - canceling hero from the first film ) .
However , as much as this is an exciting chance , picture show fans have learned to be suspicious of movie prelude comic Book . This sort of association - in content has become synonymous with the Marvel Cinematic Universe , whichchurns out useless preludesthat add little to the films they ’re attach to . Hopefully , Pacific Rim Aftermathwill have a bit more to offer .
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Pacific Rim Aftermath#1 arrives in mark and digital data formatting on January 17th , 2018 .
