It wasn’t a smooth road, with the movie trapped in development hell for a long time and eventually needing a new director (Guillermo del Toro wrote and directed the original), but the production seems to have gone swimmingly for Pacific Rim: Uprising.
Rising star John Boyega was cast as the lead role and, after months of filming, has announced that he has officially wrapped production.
Though the movie didn’t have a strong theatrical run stateside–despite having a strong cult following–Pacific Rim made the majority of its money overseas, leading to the giant robot fight-fest doing well enough to warrant a sequel.