From Legendary Pictures, Universal Pictures and director Steven S. DeKnight (Spartacus, Daredevil) comes the highly anticipated Pacific Rim 2. The first film was helmed by Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak) and it looks like he’ll remain closely with the production team for the follow-up. No release date has been scheduled at this time. This will be DeKnight’s first big screen directorial effort.
Met w DeKnight and we are all so happy with our choice to take Pac Rim 2to where we know it can go!!
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 24, 2016
Now Pac Rim is a known property and we can expand big!
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 24, 2016
Steven S DeKnight revealed via Twitter this evening that he plans to cast diversely much like he’s done in the past, which is great news for fans of his (this one included – Spartacus forever baby). Click to expand the below tweet for the user’s question on casting for Pacific Rim 2.
Have you seen Spartacus? https://t.co/QFjHGLBcc9
— Steven DeKnight (@stevendeknight) February 24, 2016
Source: Deadline