Could The PACIFIC RIM Sequel Actually Be A Prequel?

Heads up - His name is actually Martini - not Martin.

Do it then justice league dark

Pacific Rim was just fun. I haven't seen too many movies that made me feel like a kid again but some of the action scenes were just jaw dropping. I really hope they capitalize on the popularity the film has gotten since its theatrical release. Everyone I know that has seen this movie saw it on DVD or Blu-ray. I really think they'd be missing out on a massive opportunity if they didn't make a 2nd and 3rd.

Del Toro for Doctor Strange!!!

Yes, because I would like to see the logic unfold when massive amounts of supersonic jet fighters packing immense bombs where proven an inferior concept to using enormous and expensive melee robots.

Oh yeah and Justice League Dark!

Didn't Del Toro say we would get Kaiju/Jaeger hybrids in the sequel? Because Jaeger parts were left in their world? So I doubt that it will be a prequel because then there would be no reason behind what he has already stated.

The Pacific Rim sequel/prequel is not being actively developed. A scriptment was commissioned by the studio, but they wanted to wait until they saw how much home sales over the holidays were before they moved any further than that.

Now, I would imagine that since at Best Buy I saw Pacific Rim in their bargain bins for 9 bucks, home sales were not particularly high (also factoring in that its price has dropped on Amazon from 30 bucks to 12 in less than 2 months of release...)

Pacific Rim made 407 million on a budget of a little over 200 million and change. That is not including marketing and printing costs. It lost money in the theaters. Not on the scale of, say, Lone Ranger or John Carter or even Green Lantern, but it did not hit the black. Now, they may inch towards a profit after home sales and TV distribution residuals are tallied up, but if they do end up actually making money, it will not be a significant amount.

If there's a sequel/prequel/whatever, I will be very surprised...and I would imagine that its budget would be waaaaay less than the first installment.

Here is "the" prequel...Coyote Tango/Idris Elba

ATLANTIC RIM 2 anybody?

yes!!!! Yes yes yes! Love the first one so much!

@jerryblake here is "the" history:

"As a Mark-1 Jaeger, Coyote Tango runs on the power of a nuclear reactor. Given the short amount of time the Pan Pacific Defense Corps had to build the first series of Jaegers in response to the Kaiju threat, none of the Mark-1 series Jaegers were reinforced with protective measures to prevent radiation poisoning. As a result, the Rangers piloting Mark-1's developed cancer-related illnesses from exposure. Coyote Tango's pilots, Tamsin Sevier and Stacker Pentecost developed cancer from the exposure to the Jaeger's nuclear reactor. Both were retired from active duty as a result of their exposure to the reactor."

From: http://pacificrim.wikia.com/wiki/Coyote_Tango#cite_note-yearzero-4

@diomic

thanks :)

still it would be better if they wouldn't skip "the short amount of time" problem in the movie.
I can't remember, but i'm pretty sure it wasn't even mentioned.

I was like "WTF ? Scientists didn't think about protection from the radiance ?!"