Pacific Rim: Maelstrom

Pacific Rim: Uprising is an upcoming American science fiction monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight and written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, and T.S. Nowlin from a story by Guillermo del Toro. It is the sequel to the 2013 film Pacific Rim. The film stars John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny and Jing Tian, with Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, and Burn Gorman returning in their roles from the original film. It is scheduled to be released on February 23, 2018, by Universal Pictures.

In 2012, prior to the first movie's release, Del Toro noted that he had ideas for the sequel, later in 2014 noting that he had secretly been working on the script with Zak Penn for several months. Later in June, del Toro confirmed that he would direct the sequel, and that it would be released by Universal Pictures, Legendary's new financing and distribution partner, on April 7, 2017. In July 2015, it was reported that filming was expected to begin in November, however production was halted following conflicts between Universal and Legendary. As the sequel's future became unclear, Universal indefinitely delayed the film. Still determined to get the film made, del Toro kept working on the film and by that October announced that he had presented the studio with a script and a budget.

After the sale of Legendary to Chinese Wanda Group for $3.5 billion, observers noted an increased likelihood of Pacific Rim 2’s production being revitalized because the first film was so successful in China.

In February 2016, the studio and del Toro himself via Twitter announced that Steven S. DeKnight would take over directing duties with a new script written by Jon Spaihts marking DeKnight's feature directorial debut, while del Toro would remain on the project as a producer.Derek Connolly was brought in on May 12, 2016, to do another rewrite of the script.