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A new trailer for Universal’s upcoming monster epic ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising‘ has been unveiled, and it features pretty much everything you’s expect from a ‘Pacific Rim‘ movie. The sequel to 2013’s ‘Pacific Rim‘, which was jump-started by Guillermo Del Toro, sees John Boyega‘s Jake Pentecost leading a Jaeger uprising after Kaiju mysteriously begin to appear once again. The trailer itself features a few new surprises, but the most interesting has to be the shots from Jaeger vs Jaeger battle that is teased in the trailer, simply because of the story implications that it provides. It seems that the reason for the Kaiju return is due to someone re-opening the portal form earth. Interesting twist on the story of the original to say the least.
Originally planned to be directed by Del Toro–that is until he fell in love with the ‘The Shape of Water‘ and decided to direct that instead–Steven S. DeKnight steps into the director’s chair this time around. It’ll be interesting to see if Boyega can shoulder the franchise himself, of if the film will underperform financially like the first. Based on this and the first trailer that we saw last year, it looks like the film will be very much in line with the first. In addition to Boyega, ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising‘ also stars Scott Eastwood, Tian Jing, Charlie Day, Adria Arjona, Burn Gorman, and Rinko Kikuchi, and hits theaters on March 23.
Here’s the new trailer for ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising‘, along with the official synopsis below:
[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/8BAhwgjMvnM”]The globe-spanning conflict between otherworldly monsters of mass destruction and the human-piloted super-machines built to vanquish them was only a prelude to the all-out assault on humanity in Pacific Rim Uprising.
John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) stars as the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory against the monstrous “Kaiju.” Jake has since abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. But when an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through our cities and bring the world to its knees, he is given one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy by his estranged sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi)—who is leading a brave new generation of pilots that have grown up in the shadow of war. As they seek justice for the fallen, their only hope is to unite together in a global uprising against the forces of extinction.
Jake is joined by gifted rival pilot Lambert (The Fate of the Furious’ Scott Eastwood) and 15-year-old Jaeger hacker Amara (newcomer Cailee Spaeny), as the heroes of the PPDC become the only family he has left. Rising up to become the most powerful defense force to ever walk the earth, they will set course for a spectacular all-new adventure on a towering scale.
