Pacific Rim

I'm baffled this wasn't discussed or considered from the beginning.  Variety is reporting Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is going to be post-converted for 3D.  This will make the film Del Toro's first 3D flick.

Guillermo del Toro's return to the director's chair since Hellboy II: The Golden Army promises big things.  Yes, we're eagerly anticipating Pacific Rim, which doesn't hit theaters until July 12, 2013, and today, we're thrilled to see four new pics from the production hit the web.

SuperHero Hype forums member "Rashad" scanned these pics from the latest issue of Empire.

The images offer Del Toro on set, a look at stars Idris Elba and Charlie Hunnam and a bit of destruction. At Comic-Con this summer, Del Toro told fans that we likely won't see any more teasers until the end of the year around the holiday season.

Head to our Pacific Rim hub for more on this monsters versus giant robots epic and check out the new pics inside.

At 2:30pm Pacific today, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are going to be rolling out the big guns, previewing titles like Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, The Hobbit and Man of Steel in Comic-Con's massive Hall H.

Of course, we've got a reporter embedded in the Hall H cavern and he's going to be live blogging the panel, talking about the footage he's seen, the surprises that are in store for the panel and offering highlights from the discussions with the cast and crew of those aforementioned titles.

You do not want to miss this.  Apparently, Del Toro is going to be showing some incredible stuff.  Head inside for the goods!

Legendary Pictures is pushing Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim pretty hard this year, which is cool considering the film doesn't strike until June 12, 2013 (clearly, it would not be previewed at SDCC next July).

While there is plenty of speculation as to what Del Toro will showcase when his film preview invades Hall H, a few images have squeaked out and so has a teaser poster.  Within the main dealers hall of Comic-Con, Legendary has some of the suits from the film on display.  

We have a snapshot of two of them and you can see a larger version after the jump.

The Comic-Con onslaught is here, so I'm going to make this quick.  USA Today revealed another new image from Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim.  Much like this pic, the new photo shows off Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) and the painfully cute Rinko Kikuchi suited up in armor and ready to pilot their robot (I'm guessing it takes two to man a 'bot this friggin' big).

Head inside for a larger look at the film which opens July 12, 2013 and is previewed at Comic-Con this week.

In the film, legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, start rising from the sea and begin a war that would takes millions of lives and consumes humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

One of the big dogs who will be doing a lot of barking at Comic-Con next week is Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim - the giant robot versus giant monster epic starring Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Max Martini, Rob Kazinsky, Clifton Collins Jr. and Diego Klattenhoff.

An event teaser poster, released in anticipation of next week's panel, has been revealed to give you a sense of the film's scope.  Just how big are the robots - called Jaegers - going to be?  Well, head inside for a bigger look at the art you see on the left.

In the film, legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, start rising from the sea and begin a war that would takes millions of lives and consumes humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Pacific Rim opens July 12, 2013.

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has revealed a new image from Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim in anticipation of the film's panel at Comic-Con this month.  The pic reveals Sons of Anarchy's Charlie Hunnam and actress Rinko Kikuchi in some pretty bad-ass suits.

Head inside for a larger look at the film which is set to open on July 12, 2013.

In the film, legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, start rising from the sea and begin a war that would takes millions of lives and consumes humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Idris Elba, Max Martini, Rob Kazinsky, Clifton Collins Jr. and Diego Klattenhoff also star.

Guillermo del Toro is deep into production on Pacific Rim - his, in short, giant robots versus giant monsters epic which is opening July 17, 2013.  The man has already done a bit of talking to Total Film about what's to come and now more quotes from his interview have hit the web.

Total Film has debuted the first image - and Moviehole has scanned it - from Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi action film Pacific Rim.

The picture below shows Idris Elba (Prometheus, Thor) in the film, which opens July 12, 2013 and also stars Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini, Willem Dafoe, Robert Kazinsky, Clifton Collins Jr., Diego Klattenhoff and Ron Perlman.

Synopsis: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Head inside for a larger look!

Look, if you're dealing with giant monsters, furthermore, giant robots...shit's going to get wrecked.  So, when you think about Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim and the on-screen carnage, you think B-I-G.  After all, it's about the human race creating giant robots to contend with the giant monsters that threaten the planet.

In an interview with Total Film, Del Toro was asked about the scale of which his film is dealing with, the maniac responded with this: "When we’re talking about the physicality of the fight, we ended up building several blocks of Hong Kong. And literally demolished them. We built a building and then we took down the buildings.  We built command centres of the robots that were the size of the house. We started them on hydraulic rigs that shoot and elevated them and moved them round so you could really get a sense of the physical nature driving a robot like this."

Market Saw received a plot crunch for Guillermo del Toro's massive cinematic undertaking Pacific Rim, due in theaters on July 17th from Warner Bros. and Legendary.  This thing is going to make you grin from ear to ear.  The site adds that a big Comic-Con 2012 preview is being prepared.  Exciting stuff.  Read on...

The very first look at one of the sets from Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is now online, thanks to Canada's CBC News (via On Location Vacations), who, in the video after the break, explore a Toronto street converted to look like Tokyo in the wake of a giant monster attack.

Now in production, the film sees a future Earth defending itself from attacking Kaiju creatures and stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini, Robert Kazinsky, Clifton Collins Jr., Diego Klattenhoff and Ron Perlman.

Two of the busiest guys in town, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, did a bit of script work on Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim.  The duo landed on the genre scene with Feast and went on to script multiple Saw sequels and the upcoming Piranha 3DD, among other projects.

Pacific Rim is currently shooting up in Toronto with a cast that includes Sons of Anarchy's Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini, Rob Kazinsky, Clifton Collins Jr. and Diego Klattenhoff.  Originally scripted by Travis Beacham, the story is an epic humans-versus-giant-monsters tale.

Inside, Melton and Dunstan - who were brought in for rewrites - tease you with what's to come.