On second thought, it's unclear whether Boyega is actually on set or visiting a SFX studio. As you can see in the video below, he's holding a replica bust, which will most likely be used for digital stand-in purposes.
Are you looking forward to the Pacific Rim sequel? The concept remains the same but there's a new director, screenwriter and cast executing the details. Perhaps that will serve to draw in a larger number of North American moviegoers when the film is released on February 23? As the son of Stacker Pentecost, what are the odds Boyega's character has an equally awesome name?
ABOUT PACIFIC RIM 2
Though Pacific Rim 2 was initially removed from Universal's release schedule, development on the project continued and the film received a new release date of February 23, 2018. Guillermo del Toro will step aside to let Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight sit in the director's chair and screenwriter Travis Beacham has made room for Zak Penn, Jon Spaihts and Derek Connollt (Jurassic World, Kong: Skull Island) to write the sequel.
Initally, del Toro's ambitious plans for his budding franchise included comic books, anime and video game tie-ins. A single-player fighting game was released to generally negative reviews for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in 2013. A prequel graphic novel Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero was written by Beacham and released in 2013.