Pacific Rim 2 Release Date, Cast News: Kaijus to Make a Return, Guillermo del Toro Talks About New Movie

Guillermo del Toro, director to the 2013 titan-versus-titan action film "Pacific Rim," has begun talking about the details regarding a sequel, which includes who will return and what fans will be missing from the first movie. Del Toro had mentioned that the sequel will take place a few years after the first film.

"It's not an immediate follow-up. It is the world having been freed of Kaiju, what happens to the world after – what happens to the Jaeger technology once the Kaiju are not a threat. It's quite a jump," del Toro said.

Initially, this may mean that Kaijus won't be making an appearance – and inevitably won't be fighting against the much-loved Jaegers. Del Toro comments that the Kaijus will be very different in the sequel.

The giant monsters will definitely be coming back at some point in the movie. There will be however, more screen time for the scientists.

"I think that two of our main characters like in the first one are Burn and Charlie. They are really, really – I mean, honestly, they are probably the guys I have the most fun writing along with Hannibal Chau so just from a purely selfish drive, I like writing them," del Toro explained.

The director is referring to the actors who played Dr. Hermann Gottlieb and Dr. Newton Geiszler. Ron Perlman plays Chau, the black market dealer.

"Pacific Rim 2," as it's currently called is scheduled to make its premiere on April 7, 2017.