Now that Pacific Rim 2 is officially set for an April 7th
2017 release, filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro has been talking about the sequel while out on the stump for "The Strain" TV series.
Speaking with the Wall Street Journal,
Del Toro revealed a couple of new details about the sequel which will
apparently be able to stand on its own and will be quite different in
feel from the first film:
"We are three years away, so to spoil anything would be
fantastically silly of me. What I can tell you: [screenwriter Zak Penn ("The Incredible Hulk," "X-Men: The Last Stand")]
and I really went in, we started with [co-writer of the original "Pacific Rim and "Travis Beacham]
about a year and a half ago, kicking ideas back and forth. And, admittedly, I said to Zak, let's keep kicking ideas till we find
one that really, really turns the first movie on its ear, so to speak.
It was hard to create a world that did not come from a comic book, that
had its own mythology, so we had to sacrifice many aspects to be able
to cram everything in the first movie. Namely, for example 'the Drift'
which was an interesting concept. [Then there was] this portal that
ripped a hole into the fabric of our universe, what were the tools they
were using? And we came up with a really, really interesting idea. I don't want
to spoil it, but I think at the end of the second movie, people will
find out that the two movies stand on their own. They're very different
from each other, although hopefully bringing the same joyful giant
spectacle. But the tenor of the two movies will be quite different."
Del Toro also said that he begins design work on the film in six
weeks with around nine months of that ahead of him.
There will be a few new jaegers and a lot of new kaiju. There's also
new faces joining the cast with the plan to be as multicultural as
possible. Men and women of all races each of them getting equal amounts of story.
Del Toro also confirms that the latest draft of the script includes characters Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam) and Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi).
The upcoming animated series will be set prior to the first film and
will tell the stories that happened to pilots working in the
Shatterdome. Some of the new characters will appear in the upcoming sequel, and he hopes that at least one season of the show to
have been on the air before the sequel opens.
Later Del Toro talked to the publication about his long-awaited film adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's novella "At the Mountains of Madness".
The
story follows explorers in Antarctica who uncover the remains of
highly evolved creatures neither plant or animal. Investigating a
gigantic mountain range, they come upon an abandoned ancient city. Their
explorations underground causes something to stir from its slumber.
The
film has started and stopped again over the years at various studios.
Things seemed to be gathering steam three years ago when the project
was at Universal Pictures. James Cameron was slated to produce. Both Tom Cruise and James McAvoy were said to be in contention
for the lead, but the film's $150 million budget and R rating meant
the studio wasn't keen on green lighting it and ultimately pulled the
plug.
Del Toro then went on to make "Pacific Rim" and the upcoming "Crimson Peak" with Legendary Pictures. Now, with Universal and Legendary paired up,
Mountains chatter has stated up again and del Toro is hopeful he has
the chance to make it for both of them. He's also realised that the
need for an R rating isn't as necessary with PG-13 guidlines being more
relaxed these days.
"That's
exactly what I discussed with them. I said to them, that's the movie
that I would really love to do one day, and it's still expensive, it's
still… I think that now, with the way I've seen PG-13 become more and
more flexible, I think I could do it PG-13 now, so I'm going to explore
it with [Legendary], to be as horrifying as I can, but to not be quite
as graphic. There's
basically one or two scenes in the book that people don't remember that
are pretty graphic. Namely, for example, the human autopsy that the
aliens do, which is a very shocking moment. But I think I can find ways
of doing it. We'll see. It's certainly a possibility in the future.
Legendary was very close to doing it at one point, so I know they love
the screenplay. I think there's a really strong possibility we can do
it at Legendary because now they are at Universal, and Universal, you
may remember, almost greenlit the movie. The fact that we now have two
studios together that love the material, and if they support each
other, they are risking a lot less. It would be great to do it, but
I've understood that you don't plan your career, it just happens...
Hopefully it'll happen. It's certainly one of the movies I would love
to do."
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