Pacific Rim is Guillermo Del Toro's next movie.
It features giant robots. Fighting kaiju. It has a $200 million budget.
Let us just repeat that: It's a giant monster movie directed by Guillermo Del Toro with all the special effects nine figures can buy.
Now that we've got your attention, a whole bunch of viral content has been unleashed to plug the film, and all of it is pretty awesome. We're assuming that this is a build-up to an actual trailer being released, likely in front of The Hobbit. But until then, check out what we've got, so far...
First, here's the emergency test we've all been waiting to hear for our entire lives. Well, maybe not if we're homeowners. But anyway!
This being a viral teaser, needless to say it isn't heavy on the reveals. It's mostly just there to communicate that giant monsters stomp cities a lot in this movie. That said, we do get a quick glimpse at the skeleton:
From what we can see, it looks a bit like Gigan.
In this movie, giant monsters are fought with (of course) giant robots called Jaegers. Warner Brothers released blueprints of several countries' versions of... well, huge attack platforms.
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The Russian robot looks like one of the Boys of Silence enemies from Bioshock Infinite.
It looks more like a walking nuclear reactor to me, but I see the Boys of Silence in there.
damn this movie looks to be everything ive ever wanted in a movie…giant robots, kaiju, stringer bell, del torro, charlie day….opening day for sure
GOD THIS MOVIE LOOKS SO DOPE! Anyone remember the old “Robot Jox” or “Robot Wars” VHS movies from back in the day? this is like a 2013 version of those. I loved Robot Jox.
Oh God, Robotjox! Stuart Gordon directed that thing!
Robot Jox was amazing in every way… awesomebad movie
We can LIVE…
I’ve been trying to figure out what existing giant robots they look the most like, and I’d say either Macross or Turn A Gundam.
Yeah, there’s definitely some Gundam in there. But as long as it’s not Jet Jaguar, I’m OK with it.
Do we have a release date?
July 12.
Oh wow that reminds me how good Transformers could have been if it didn’t suck.
There are moments of the Transformers franchises that are genuinely great.
Then there are the racist robots, John Turturro getting pissed on by Bumblebee, and Devastator’s balls. It’s like Michael Bay is trying to beat the Japanese to fetishes.
I guess I’m the only one who laughed at “I am beneath the enemy’s scrotum.”
This movie makes my pants tight.
If anyone can make this happen right, its Del Toro.
I think I’m going to watch this movie with my pants off.
I think the arrest video for that will be hilarious.
I’ll be getting a Pacific Rimjob on jail.
Eve Evangelion anyone?
exactly what i was gonna say, it’s a shame the live-action version of that never materialised.
How fun that would’ve been, not to mention the DECADES of argument over what the whole thing actually meant.
This is so in my wheelhouse, it’s ridiculous.
Right there with all of you. My brother and I used to play with Shogun Warriors and Godaikin robots alongside our Transformers, SW, and GI Joe (and GOD. DAMMIT. They’re all gone now.) The only thing that could make me more excited about this movie is if they give a nod to Combattler, Mazinger, Gaiking, etc as historical models or something.
So which one is piloted by Roger Smith?
*Approving nod* I like this guy.
Dudes, we need to all get five other people to come with each of us to the premiere of this movie. If it’s good, but it gets the Dredd treatment, I will be severely disappointed! I WILL WRITE A STRONGLY WORDED BLOGPOST, I SWEAR TO GOD
why not just make a Voltron movie already, if your doing giant robots . Or is this just the build up to the over kill of giant robot movies to come ????