With production currently under way onPacific Rim: Uprising, we’ve been getting a few sneak peeks from the set, including our first official look atJohn Boyega’s character Jake Pentecost yesterday. Today we have new licensing artwork that gives us our first look at a few of the Jaegers that will be used in this long-awaited sequel. Unfortunately, we don’t know any of these Jaeger’s names yet, but we can see that one has used a particular design element from the now-iconic Gipsy Danger.
The poster and image debuted inLicense Global Magazine, which features three different Jaegers, one blue, one red and one grey. The blue Jaeger at the front and center of both photos is definitely not Gipsy Danger, since this massive robot has a much different paint job and has a different head design. However, this Jaeger does have the same sort of nuclear reactor design in its chest as Gipsy Danger. Besides, we already saw thatGipsy Dangeris returning in concept art revealed byJohn Boyega, and that design has a different head than this blue Jaeger.
Regardless of what these Jaeger’s names are, it’s anyone’s guess who will be piloting them. We’ve seen in recent set photos thatScott Eastwood’s character is a Jaeger pilot, along withJohn Boyega’s Jake Pentecost. It still hasn’t been confirmed, though, which Jaegers they are piloting, and who their partners may be in this upcoming sequel. We did recently get a hint about who is returning from the original cast, after cinematographerDan Mindelsent out an Instagram photo that featured a cast list, which included originalPacific RimstarsRinko Kikuchi(Mako Mori),Charlie Day(Newton Geisler) andBurn Gorman(Gottlieb) and a previously-unannounced new cast memberKarl Urban. The photo has since been removed fromDan Mindel’s Instagram account.
It was confirmed last summer that another originalPacific Rimstar,Charlie Hunnam, will not be returning to reprise his role as Jaeger pilotRaleigh Beckett, although he did add in an interview that he’s “excited” about it and he’s glad they’re making it.Stephen S. De Knight(Daredevil) is directingPacific Rim: Maelstromfrom a screenplay that has been worked on byGuillermo del Toro,Travis Beacham,Jon Spaihts,Emily Carmichael,Zak Penn,Kira SnyderandDerek Connolly. Legendary has issued a July 01, 2025 release date forPacific Rim: Uprising, which was once believed to be titledPacific Rim: Maelstrom. As of now, this sequel has the release date all to itself, butPacific Rim: Uprisingwill still be sandwiched between a few highly-anticipated films.
Opening a week before it will be Marvel’s stand-alone superhero adventureBlack Panther, starringChadwick Boseman, and Universal’s animated filmLarrikins. On March 2, Warner Bros. will release the shark thrillerMeg, while 20th Century Fox will unleash an untitled Marvel adaptation. The originalPacific Rim movieonly earned $101 million at the domestic box office, but it earned $411 million worldwide, with $111.9 million coming from China alone, which was by far the biggest gross from any country worldwide. The sequel was given the green light after Chinese investment group Dalian Wanda Group acquired a majority stake in Legendary Pictures. Take a look at these new images fromPacific Rim: Uprising, as production continues on thisaction-packed sequel.
