“Pacific Rim: Uprising” trailer brings back the apocalypse
To the delight of a rapt audience at New York Comic Con, the panel for “Pacific Rim: Uprising” premiered a new trailer for the follow-up to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 robots-versus-monsters movie.
On stage to introduce the trailer were star John Boyega and director Steven S DeKnight.
“I can tell you that the vision of this movie was to build upon and expand upon the universe,” Boyega told the crowd. He plays Jake Pentecost, the son of Idris Elba's character from the original installment.
DeKnight, who showed up wearing full military uniform, joked, “I'm never taking this off. I'm going to just lounge around the house in this bad boy.”
He said that, despite the Kaiju and giant Jaeger robots, it's still a story about humans.
That said, DeKnight introduced the new Jaegers glimpsed in the trailer, and “Uprising” continues the tradition of amazing names: Gypsy Avenger, Bracer Phoenix, Saber Athena, Titan Redeemer and Guardian Bravo. These five Jaegers are part of a new international group prepared to defend humanity if needs be.
Those aren't the only Jaegers in the movie, however; “As a little twist, there's a little Jaeger called Scrapper that you'll get a peek at [in the trailer],” DeKnight revealed.
During the panel's question and answer session, Boyega — who also acts as executive producer for “Uprising” — reassured fans of the original movie that building the franchise out for newcomers won't step on the toes of the first. “This is sacred ground,” he acknowledged. “Moving forward, we can't ignore what del Toro did. We got all your backs, don't worry.”
“Pacific Rim: Uprising” will be released March 23, 2018.
Source: THR
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