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Guillermo del Toro Says ‘Pacific Rim’ Sequel Still Going
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but none of us really know what the deal is between Guillermo del Toro and Legendary/Warner Bros. Pictures regarding the Pacific Rim franchise.
Warner Bros. isn’t exactly getting behind the sequel publicly, which is a bit odd considering they’re already planning multiple King Kong and Godzilla films, and even a matchup between the two. And Legendary now has a deal with Universal, where del Toro’s Crimson Peak underwhelmed at the box office.
So, will there be a Pacific Rim sequel?
All reports as of late seem to indicate its imminent death, which is news to del Toro. The director recently turned in a new draft of the script and adjusted the budget accordingly, but was that just the studio spinning wheels?
None of us know what’s really going on, but del Toro is assuring us all that Pacific Rim lives and that he’s going to remain with it one way or another. What does that mean? If I’m reading into this tweet, it makes me think someone else is directing it. But let’s not be rash and read into anything posted on Twitter.
Personally, I don’t think Pacific Rim is very good, anyways. Neither is Crimson Peak, or “The Strain” for that matter. Oh, hell, neither is Hellboy II. Someone help me here…
Pac Rim 2 cancelled? Don't believe everything you read. It's still going and I'll remain w it in one way or another!
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) January 11, 2016
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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