Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018

Pacific Rim: Uprising is a 2018 American science fiction film directed by Steven S. DeKnight (in his feature-film directorial debut), and written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, and T.S. Nowlin. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Pacific Rim, with Guillermo del Toro, the director of the original, serving as a producer. The sequel stars John Boyega (also making his producer debut), as well as Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Jing Tian, Adria Arjona, and Zhang Jin, with Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, and Burn Gorman returning from the original film. Set in the year 2035, the plot follows humanity again fighting Kaiju, giant monsters set on destroying the world.

Pacific Rim: Uprising
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steven S. DeKnight
Produced by	Mary Parent Cale Boyter Guillermo del Toro John Boyega Femi Oguns Thomas Tull Jon Jashni
Written by	Steven S. DeKnight Emily Carmichael Kira Snyder T.S. Nowlin
Based on	Characters by Travis Beacham
Starring	John Boyega Scott Eastwood Jing Tian Cailee Spaeny Rinko Kikuchi Burn Gorman Adria Arjona Zhang Jin Charlie Day
Music by	Lorne Balfe
Cinematography	Dan Mindel
Edited by	Zach Staenberg Dylan Highsmith Josh Schaeffer
Production company	Legendary Pictures DDY
Distributed by	Universal Pictures[1][2]
Release date	March 15, 2018(Vue West End) March 23, 2018(United States)
Running time	111 minutes[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million[4]
Box office	$290.5 million[5]

Principal photography began in November 2016 in Australia. The film was released in the United States on March 23, 2018, by Universal Pictures, in 2D, Real D 3D, IMAX 3D, and IMAX, and grossed $290 million worldwide. The film polarized critics and audiences; with some calling the film inferior to del Toro's and criticizing the scope, pacing, story, as well as the absent characters from the previous film and the underdeveloped new characters, while others praised the visual effects and performances of Boyega, Eastwood and Spaeny.^[6][7]