It was announced this week that director Guillermo del Toro put his At the Mountains of Madness movie aside for now to develop another monster film for Legendary Pictures called Pacific Rim. Unitl now all we've known about the movie is that it's set in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, the planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate the growing menace.

According to a new report this film will allow for Del Toro to actually create two worlds, and here are the details of these worlds and what this movie is about. This description does contain Spoilers, but the movie sounds a lot more awesome than I was imagining. I'm serious, this movie is going to be insanely awesome, and I'm excited as hell to watch it! I had no idea it was going to be so badass

The following information comes from News in Film:

The first is an 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.

Without ruining any more surprises (past the first act), there are several different species of towering kaiju, each with their own unique characteristics, and the clashes between monster and machine are epic in scale. Beacham has even developed his own glossary and lingo for his characters, a blend of scientific and military jargon used to describe the elements of this fully fleshed out reality, much like the shorthand in Cameron’s Avatar or the developing mecha-warrior versus aliens movie All You Need is Kill.

The concept and Beacham’s script are unbelievable. With the right budget and creative control, this could very well be Guillermo del Toro’s Jurassic Park, a visual marvel with a pseudo-science backbone and massive, kaiju-sized appeal. Hell yes. Bring it on.

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Bloody Disgusting has learned of some interesting news regarding Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary's Pacific Rim, their giant monster movie that Guillermo del Toro agreed to direct about 10 days ago.

According to our sources, Legendary has asked Del Toro to re-write the screenplay so that no attacks take place in Japan. The pic is to be set in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, the planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate the growing menace.

In addition, early rumors continue to carry some truth. Apparently Del Toro has been asked (again) to turn Pacific Rim into the new Godzilla. He refused. Expect this to be a regular occurrence as it sounds like Legendary would much rather get the giant green monster back in theaters than Rim. What's interesting is that Monsters director Gareth Edwards was attached to Godzilla back in January...http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23847

Guillermo del Toros Pacific Rim hat seinen ersten Hauptdarsteller gefunden:
Charlie Hunnam, bekannt aus Hooligans und derzeit mit der Biker-Serie Sons of Anarchy erfolgreich, steht derzeit in Verhandlungen.

http://www.moviegod.de/kino/meldung/26925/pacific-rim-charlie-hunnam-in-guillermo-del-toros-monsterfilm

Pacific Rim – Die Monster aus der Tiefe: Neuer Darsteller für Del Toro Projekt

Max Martini ist der neueste Darstellerzuwachs im Cast der Legendary Pictures Produktion Pacific Rim. Der gebürtige Amerikaner, der auch schon für Contact oder Der Soldat James Ryan vor der Kamera stand, gesellt sich damit zu den bereits bestätigten Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day und Rinko Kikuchi. Aktuell ist noch ungewiss, welche Rolle der vornehmlich durch diverse TV-Serien bekannte Schauspieler bekleiden wird. Nach aktueller Planung stellt sich die verängstigte Menschheit dann ab dem 12. Juli 2013 riesenhaften Kreaturen aus der Tiefsee. Die Dreharbeiten zum Projekt sollen noch in diesem Herbst an den Start gehen. Im Film bedrohen riesenhafte Kreaturen aus der Tiefsee das Fortbestehen der Menschheit und das der gesamten Erde. Der nahende Untergang kann nun nur geeint und mit Hilfe neuer Technologie abgewendet werden. Pacific Rim setzt auf eine schriftliche Vorlage aus der Feder von Travis Beacham (Kampf der Titanen). Guillermo del Toro war in den vergangenen Jahren schon für Pan’s Labyrinth und Hellboy verantwortlich.

Hm, kenne ich vom Namen her niemanden mit Ausnahme von Idris Elba, aber das muss ja nichts schlechtes heißen.

Achja, bei Blairwitch wird zu News zum Film immer dieses Bild verwendet:

Weiß jemand, ob das eine offizielle Zeichnung ist? Sieht zumindest sehr interessant aus.

Pacific Rim – Willem Dafoe und Rob Kazinsky für Del Toro-Projekt bestätigt

Das Sammeln von Darstellern für den kommenden Katastrophen-Thriller Pacific Rim geht weiter. Das Projekt von Legendary Pictures, das demnächst unter der inszenatorischen Leitung von Pan’s Labyrinth Regisseur Guillermo del Toro entstehen wird, konnte nun mit den Neuzugängen Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man, Anamorph) und Rob Kazinsky (Red Tails) ausgestattet werden. Dafoe wird in die Rolle eines Wissenschaftlers schlüpfen, der die Tiefsee-Monster studiert, während Kazinsky einen Widerstandskämpfer mimt.
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Pacific Rim – Diego Klattenhoff kämpft gegen Titanen aus der Meerestiefe

Fast zwei Jahre hat Filmemacher Guillermo del Toro noch Zeit, dann muss Pacific Rim abgedreht, geschnitten und bearbeitet sein. Dafür, dass man den amerikanischen Kinostart im Juli 2013 auch tatsächlich einhalten kann, sorgte der gebürtige Mexikaner nun mit der neuesten Verpflichtung in Sachen Darstellerzuwachs. Diego Klattenhoff, bekannt aus Cube Zero, ist die neueste Erweiterung in der aus Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Willem Dafoe, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini und Rob Kazinsky bestehenden Castriege. Nach aktueller Planung stellt sich die verängstigte Menschheit dann ab dem 12. Juli 2013 riesenhaften Kreaturen aus der Tiefsee. Die Dreharbeiten zum Projekt sollen noch in diesem Herbst an den Start gehen.