Labeled by pretty much all reports as the headlining star of Pacific Rim 2, John Boyega will play the son of Idris Elba’s spectacularly named Stacker Pentecost.
Who He Is Playing: The son of Stacker Pentecost, the character played by Idris Elba in the first movie.
Seeing as how we are following Pentecost’s son, this should at least confirm that Pacific Rim: Maelstrom takes places after the events of the first movie, but seeing as how plot details are being kept under wraps, this has not been officially confirmed yet.
You may recall that Stacker sacrificed himself in the final battle of Pacific Rim, so his son has good reason for wanting to climb into a Jaegar and rip apart the next wave of Kaiju creatures.