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Re: Pacific Rim 2 (del Toro, 201?) --> News, casting, rumors, etc...

I think its a little more likely then Dredd 2 I can't imagine something like Pacific Rim being one of those low budget movies.
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Karl Urban and Charlie Hunnam (sp?) are expensive?
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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
Pacific Rim 2 is about as likely as a Dredd 2...in other words, not very. Although they could go the low-budget direct-to-video route on either of those with a different (i.e., cheaper) cast.
Did Pacific Rim underperform? I can't see why it would be so hard to make a sequel.
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Originally Posted by RocShemp
Did Pacific Rim underperform? I can't see why it would be so hard to make a sequel.
It did. In the U.S.
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Did $101.8 million here on a budget of $190 million.

Combined with international it made $411 million. That's low performance by just looking at the budget size.

How has PR fared in video sales? Did it get love in that market?
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It did a hell of lot better than Dredd domestically. But then again almost every film performed better than Dredd.
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I assumed it'd become a cult fave on video and steaming. It didn't do well at all in Japan, surprisingly. I seriously don't think a sequel is in the cards. I'm staggered that the film exists at all, to be honest.
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China was where it did the best.
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138
I assumed it'd become a cult fave on video and steaming. It didn't do well at all in Japan, surprisingly.
It did boffo in China, over $110 million.
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Red flag #1: continuing on with Hunnam and Kikuchi, both of whom are horrendous actors.
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
It did boffo in China, over $110 million.
The government probably took most of it though.
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Originally Posted by Trickshot
I think I was expecting a Guillermo del Toro movie, and instead got a Michael Bay one.
Is that a shot at me for saying how much I enjoyed the first Pac Rim???

Pac Rim was NOT a Michael Bay movie.
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Michael Bay lets his robots fight in broad daylight and not at night in rainstorms.
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Originally Posted by resinrats
Michael Bay lets his robots fight in broad daylight and not at night in rainstorms.
Yet the Transformers actions scenes are incomprehensible while Pacific Rim's fight scenes are clear, even if they are darker.
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Originally Posted by Trickshot View Post
I think I was expecting a Guillermo del Toro movie, and instead got a Michael Bay one.

You're out of your ever loving mind.
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Originally Posted by islandclaws
Red flag #1: continuing on with Hunnam and Kikuchi, both of whom are horrendous actors.
I've only seen Kikuchi in 3 things. She was very good in Babel. She did a nice bit in The Brothers Bloom and she did perfectly fine in PR.

Based in her filmography and the reception associated out of her work... Seems like she's a solid actor.

Hunnam does good in Sons of Anarchy. In PR his character isn't all that well written possibly. He's got stuff there but it doesn't display much out of cliche.
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I liked Hunnam in PR but felt he should have been the supporting character whereas Kikuchi should have been the lead. Mako had a more compelling backstory than Raleigh.
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No shit.

I totally would have loved to see an expansion of what we got from her past. That Kaiju was awesome. Also that kid was selling her role very well. Usually kids crying in a movie annoy me but the context probably made it better to tolerate.

And it was another daytime fight! We didn't even see it aside from like her kid POV. I love you GDT but damnit, man. That and the Stryker fight would have been awesome to fully see. Just cuz they are day time fights. The film is so good looking at night but just to have variation in showing a full daytime fight from whichever (or both) little skirmishes we saw would have been awesome. Stryker was fast as hell.
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Originally Posted by resinrats
Michael Bay lets his robots fight in broad daylight and not at night in rainstorms.
Yes, but del Toro holds his camera still, edits coherently, and gives them distinctive designs.
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And puts in wildly amounts of detail into the fight. That 2nd Gypsy fight is an orgasm of detail.
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And puts in wildly amounts of detail into the fight. That 2nd Gypsy fight is an orgasm of detail.
What about Striker Eureka versus Leatherback? You saw the skin parasites crawling all over Leatherback whilst it was circling a disabled Striker Eureka.
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I would rather see del Toro do a 3rd Hellboy film than a Pacific Rim sequel.
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I would rather see del Toro do a 3rd Hellboy film than a Pacific Rim sequel.
I would too and in that order.

Hellboy 3
Pacific Rim 2
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What about Striker Eureka versus Leatherback? You saw the skin parasites crawling all over Leatherback whilst it was circling a disabled Striker Eureka.

Funny you bring that up. That was one thing I noticed when I got the BD. who does that? No normal director would care about putting that into the character as he's circling around. GDT apparently thought it was necessary. Good for him.

It's funny how you can see more and more detail after repeated viewings.

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I would too and in that order.

Hellboy 3
Pacific Rim 2

This. I want the trilogy to end.

I'd also like that Lovecraft film to happen. Was So close to happening.
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I'd also like that Lovecraft film to happen. Was So close to happening.
Damn it, that fucking too!

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