Pacific Rim Uprising

Pacific Rim Uprising is a 2018 American science fiction monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight and written by DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and T. S. Nowlin. It is the second installment in the Pacific Rim franchise. Guillermo del Toro, director of the first movie, serves as a producer. The sequel stars John Boyega, 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 ten years after the events of the first film, Pacific Rim Uprising sees former pilot and Stacker Pentecost's son Jake returning to the Pan Pacific Defense Corps to prevent a renewed Kaiju–giant sea monsters threat sent by the extraterrestrial Precursors.

Principal photography began in November 2016 in Queensland, Australia. Pacific Rim Uprising premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on March 15, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 23, by Universal Pictures. With a gross of $291 million worldwide, the film was considered a box-office disappointment. It received mixed reviews from critics, with many considering it inferior to del Toro's film. It was followed in 2021 by a 14-episode animated series on Netflix.