Pacific Rimwas a movie that found relatively modest success for a blockbuster of its size and scope in 2013, but luckily for fans, it was enough for Legendary Pictures to justify a sequel. It may have taken a few years, butPacific Rim 2is happening and it seems like nobody is more excited about that thanStar Wars: The Force AwakensstarJohn Boyega. Sure, he probably loves the firstPacific Rim, but he is playing one of the leads in the sequel and has been regularly sharing teases forPacific Rim: Uprisingon social media. His latest tease gives us a glimpse at one of the Jaegers set to appear in the movie.
John Boyegaposted an illustration of what looks to be theJaegerGypsy Danger from the firstPacific Rimto hisInstagram. Even though it is just an illustration and not an actual, finished image of what will appear inPacific Rim 2, the picture is plenty to get fans excited for the sequel. Especially since this seems to confirm that Gypsy Danger will once again be going toe-to-toe with some giant alien monsters. The illustration appears to show the famed Jaeger in a docking bay of sorts with a helicopter flying near the robot’s knee, to give a sense of size and scale. Despite not even being a color image, it looks pretty impressive.
Since his role as Finn inStar Wars: The Force Awakens,John Boyegahas stayed quite busy. He went straight from shootingStar Wars: Episode VIIIinto shooting onPacific Rim: Uprising, which is another massive, blockbuster undertaking. He is going to be filling in some pretty big shoes, since he is playing the son ofIdris Elba’s character,Stacker Pentecost, who died a pretty heroic death at the end of the firstPacific Rim. So, he won’t be back forPacific Rim 2and neither willCharlie Hunnam, who played the lead in the first movie. However, a recent Instagram post by cinematographerDan Mindelseemed to confirm thatRinko Kikuchi,Charlie DayandBurn Gormanwould be returning. Additionally, the same photo seemed to confirm thatScott Eastwood,Cailee SpaenyandKarl Urbanhave also joined the cast.
Details onPacific Rim: Uprisinghave largely been kept under wraps, so these little social media teases are pretty much all we have to go on at the moment. Given that the humans managed to seemingly close the Breach at the end ofPacific Rim, it would appear that the problem was solved to some degree. That said, they just closed the breach and didn’t actually deal with all of the Kaiju, so it would stand to reason that the creatures are going to find their way back to Earth some way or another, meaning that the world will once again need Jaegers like Gypsy Danger to come to the rescue.
Guillermo Del TorodirectedPacific Rim, but he is not returning in that capacity forPacific Rim 2. Instead, it isDaredevilshowrunnerSteven S. DeKnightwho will be in the director’s chair this time around.Pacific Rim: Uprisingis currently set for release on June 12, 2025. Be sure to check out the new picture of Gypsy Danger for yourself below.
