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To promote the pending film, an animated series and additional comic book similar to that of Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero were also greenlit for production. In conjunction with writing the script with Zak Penn, he added that Travis Beacham would return as a writer. June 26, 2014, Guillermo del Toro announced on Legendary's YouTube channel that, "Pacific Rim 2" was planned for a April 2017 release. At the time of the announcement, Travis Beacham was involved with the FOX television series, Hieroglyph, which was later cancelled before its premiere in the fall of 2014.
2014ĭuring the promotion of The Strain at the Austin Television Festival, del Toro announced that screenwriter Zak Penn was working with him to develop the script for the sequel. In an interview with, Thomas Tull confirmed that del Toro and Legendary Pictures were still open to the idea of developing a sequel for Pacific Rim. Travis Beacham stated that he was given the go-head to write a sequel "a while ago" but had received no word that the production would be greenlit. ĭel Toro would help Beacham write the sequel, but it was undetermined if he would direct. Former CEO of Legendary Entertainment, Thomas Tull asked Guillermo del Toro to start working on a screenplay based on ideas omitted from the original film. Legendary Pictures announced that the studio hired Travis Beacham to write the script for the sequel. May 20, 2013, Entertainment Weekly announced that Pacific Rim was set for a sequel prior to the film's release on July 12, 2013. Following del Toro's departure from the project as director, the sequel was later reworked into Pacific Rim Uprising. Plans for the comic book were also altered, and animated the series was scrapped. The sequel was rescheduled a second time following financial troubles between Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures, and in 2016, it was shelved by Universal. The sequel was intended to expand the universe with two prequels: A comic book series, and an animated series that would lead into the events of the film.Īn overcrowded release schedule, saw the sequel pushed to August 2017 by Universal Pictures. del Toro worked on the script with Zak Penn and Travis Beacham. With del Toro returning as director, the sequel was scheduled for an April 2017 release. "Pacific Rim 2" was the sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 science-fiction film, Pacific Rim. And we are all very happy to be bringing you more Kaijus more Jaegers, kicking each others butts." -Guillermo del Toro I'm working on this with Zak Penn and Travis Beacham.
Paific Rim " From now until April 2017, we're going to develop a new animated series for Pacific Rim, continue the comic book series that started with Year Zero, and most importantly, creating a sequel for the film.