Boyega’s stepping into some big shoes for Pacific Rim: Uprising, where he will play Jake Pentecost, the son of Pacific Rim hero Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba), who perished in the first film.
However, perhaps his biggest career moment will come next February when Pacific Rim: Uprising (formerly titled Pacific Rim: Maelstrom) arrives in theaters, since it’s the first Hollywood tentpole film that undisputedly stars Boyega in the lead.
And as if those two projects weren’t enough, Boyega also enlisted in the fight against the monstrous sea creatures, the kaiju, in the long-awaited sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 action/adventure film Pacific Rim with Pacific Rim: Uprising.
Of course, all eyes will be on him in The Last Jedi in once it takes theaters by storm this December.