However, just like with the series’ first installment, moviegoers will get to watch human soldiers pilot Jaegers, giant robots who are sent to fight the Kaiju, mysterious monsters who emerged from a portal at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean called The Breach.
Pacific Rim earned mostly positive reviews and hauled in over $410 million worldwide.
Plot details for Pacific Rim 2 are being kept under wraps.
The only specific information provided so far is John Boyega will play the son of Idris Elba’s character Stacker Pentecost, who sacrificed his life in battle during the last movie.