Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: pacificrimmovie.warnerbros.com (US), warnerbros.co.jp/pacificrim (Japan)
PACIFIC RIM Japanese poster. Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © 2013 WARNER BROS.ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND LEGENDARY PICTURES FUNDINGWarner Bros. Pictures Japan has released a theatrical trailer and images for PACIFIC RIM, the upcoming giant monster movie from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the film stars Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke and Diego Klattenhoff. Story: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity`s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes -- a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) -- who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind`s last hope against the mounting apocalypse. PACIFIC RIM opens in the United States on July 12th and in Japan on August 9th.
The Jaeger Gipsy Danger. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © 2013 WARNER BROS.ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND LEGENDARY PICTURES FUNDINGFor more information on PACIFIC RIM, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: