Pacific Rim films

[Shasvre]

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=31678

In alternate version of Earth in the near future, decades after a historic date in November 2012 when the first kaiju, a towering Godzilla-like beast, emerged from a hole in the Pacific Ocean and attacked the city of Osaka, Japan. The second is "The Anteverse," another universe on the other side of that gaping portal, 5 miles below our ocean's surface.

Since the first attack, the rim has been "spitting out" a variety of gigantic monsters at an increasing rate, which then stride out of the ocean and begin destroying sea-bordering cities, like Tokyo and Los Angeles. In order to combat these monstrous, otherworldly menaces, the military developed the "Jaeger" program, which trains teams of two pilots to jointly operate massive, building-sized mechanized suits of armor and high-tech weaponry.

Within the first act alone, we are given enough detailed background on the god-like Jaeger systems, its shared neural piloting system (called "pons"), and the relentless beasts. But Beacham is an absolute master at immediately establishing characters and their conflicts.

The central character is Raleigh Antrobus, 23, a skilled Jaeger pilot still wrestling emotionally with the loss of his co-pilot and biological brother, Yance, during a mission a year earlier. The ordeal has wreaked havoc on his mind spirit, leaving him with ghostly nightmares of the battle from the shared "pons" experience. After the initial setup, the damaged hero is recruited to re-join the task force in Tokyo, where pilots are in demand, and team with a fellow "leftover," 22-year-old female Japanese pilot Mako Mori. Naturally, the language barrier (among other things) presents an issue for the out-of-sync duo, meaning an even steeper learning curve for the unprecedented pairing. Meanwhile, Felicity "Flick" Kincaid, a journalist and Yance's former fiancée, circles the globe (ours) to discover answers about this mysterious rift and the origins of its intensifying threat.

[scarhunter92]

Evangelion meets kaiju movies... I. Am. So. f**king. Excited.

[King Rathalos]

Evangelion meets kaiju movies... I. Am. So. f**king. Excited.

You beat me to it

[Space Sweeper]

Okay, with that synopsis, my body is officially ready.

[Ratchetcomand]

The movie sounds like Evangelion meets some of HP Lovecrafts stories. I'm already hype up for this movie.

[Ratchetcomand]

Bad news:

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23847/

[SM]

Considering the recent earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan, coupled with La Nina it's hardly surprising the studio would start getting antsy about a film called 'Pacific Rim'.  A title change is more than likely at the least.  But quite a bit of time will have passed by the time this gets on screens, so the disaster elements won't potentially be as raw.

[Ratchetcomand]

LP wants him to direct the new Godzilla film but it seems like he does not want too. It seems like after losing this and Mountains, he might do Hellboy 3 now.

[Shasvre]

Wouldn't surprise me if he did Frankenstein instead.

[Ratchetcomand]

Either Frankenstein or Hellboy 3 would be good. I think people rather see HB3 instend though.

[Sylizar]

This is lame. I want this so bad.

And since when was Moun tains cancelled? I read he just wanted to do this first.

[Ratchetcomand]

Mountains was cancelled since the budget was too high for a R rated movie.

[SM]

If he'd stuck with the The Hobbit he'd be shooting right now.

[ShadowPred]

Bad news:

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23847/

Oh, f**k that shit!

[Sharp Sticks]

I wonder if Del Toro will ever get to direct another movie in his lifetime.