Remember when a human and Alien consummated in Alien: Resurrection, creating a human-Alien hybrid?

Same thing in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.

Guillermo del Toro wants to explore that concept if he were to make a sequel to Pacific Rim, his giant robot vs. monster movie that, as of this writing, has grossed $183M worldwide. Despite mainstream press being critical of box office numbers, this is actually pretty damn good. A more costly efficient sequel easily could happen.

In speaking to MTV, del Toto revealed he’d like to create a Kaiju (monster) and Jaeger (robot) hybrid.

“I’ll tell you a couple of things. We will have Gipsy 2.0 for sure,” del Toro explained, referring to one of the many giant robots that fight monsters. “We will have Gipsy 2.0 for sure. Second thing is you’re gonna see a merging of Kaiju and Jaeger. And that is quite special.”

Giving fair spoiler warning, MTV explains that in the finale, following the adventures of human soldiers who pilot giant robots called jaegers to fight against undersea monsters called Kaiju, the film climaxes with an enormous showdown underwater as the last remaining robots fight to close a portal between our world and the one from which the monsters emerge. Del Toro said that if nothing else, this epic showdown produced a few promising ideas about how to further explore this larger-than-life world and push its mythology into new territory.

“Just think about it for a second,” del Toro explained. “We sent Gipsy to the other side, right? It exploded, but whatever remains stays there.” Referring to “drifting,” the psychological process through which jaeger pilots team up with each other to maneuver their giant machines, he highlighted another plot point that might come into play in a sequel.

“We’ve drifted with a Kaiju brain,” he observed. “Well, then start riffing on that and you’ll get to something.”

What did you guys think of Pacific Rim? Would you enjoy this angle in sequel?

Related Topics:Guillermo del Toro Pacific Rim

Brad Miska

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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‘MaXXXine’ – Mia Goth Takes Hollywood in New Image from Ti West’s Sequel

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One of this summer’s most hotly anticipated new movies is A24 and Ti West’s MaXXXine, a follow-up to X and Pearl that brings Mia Goth’s title character into the 1980s.

With her past catching up to her, Maxine attempts to make it big as a superstar in Hollywood, 1985. While you wait, check out a new image below courtesy of USA Today this week.

Releasing in theaters on July 5, 2024, MaXXXine is rated “R” for…

“Strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use.”

If you missed the official trailer, you can watch it right here.

Mia Goth stars alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon in MaXXXine.

Here’s the official plot synopsis from A24 this week: “In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”

Last we saw Maxine in Ti West’s X (2022), she was the sole survivor of a massacre carried out by elderly couple Howard and Pearl in the Summer of ’79. Goth of course pulled double duty as the villain Pearl in that movie, who got her own origin story in Pearl (2022). Pearl and Maxine are different characters, but they share the common goal of wanting to be stars.

Will Maxine finally make it in Hollywood? Or will the demons of her past become her ultimate downfall? With the Night Stalker roaming free, we expect MaXXXine to get wild this summer.