PACIFIC RIM 2 To Be Released In 3D and IMAX 3D on April 7, 2017

Guillermo del Toro, director of PACIFIC RIM and the upcoming CRIMSON PEAK has announced Legendary’s PACIFIC RIM 2, the next chapter of the epic action-adventure, will be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on April 7, 2017. The sequel will be distributed by Universal Pictures.

It was announced last year that Universal Pictures and Legendary Entertainment would enter into a multi-year film partnership in which the two companies would produce and co-finance Legendary and Universal films with Universal distributing Legendary films worldwide.

Legendary’s films include PACIFIC RIM directed by Guillermo del Toro; GODZILLA, based on Toho Company’s famed character; the upcoming SEVENTH SON, starring Jeff Bridges; WARCRAFT; and HOT WHEELS. Legendary will produce Guillermo del Toro’s next feature film, CRIMSON PEAK.

Warner Bros. Pictures distributed PACIFIC RIM in 2013.

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are synched via a neural bridge, called “The Drift.” But as the enemy grows more powerful with each attack, even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju.

On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes – a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) – who are teamed to drive a seemingly obsolete Jaeger. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Oscar nominee Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth”) directed the film from a screenplay by Travis Beacham and del Toro, story by Beacham. Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, del Toro and Mary Parent produced the film, with Callum Greene serving as executive producer and Jillian Zaks co-producing.

PACIFIC RIM starred Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, and Ron Perlman.