If Scott Eastwood joins the cast of Pacific Rim 2, will he be friend or foe to John Boyega's character? It's too early to say as the latest from The Hollywood Reporter says that contract discussions are still very early. However, it's interesting that we've yet to learn anything about returning cast members? The sequel has a new director and new screenwriter, leading many to wonder if the entire cast from the first film is being replaced as well. To date, there's been no word on whether Charlie Hunnam or Rinko Kikuchi, the two leads from the previous film, will reprise their roles. Some fans are already wildly speculating that Eastwood is being looked at as a REPLACEMENT for Hunnam. Should Eastwood actually sign up for the picture, we'll keep you posted on whether that's the case or if he's playing a new character.
Though Pacific Rim 2 was removed from Universal's release schedule, development on the project continued. 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. As part of del Toro's ambitious plans for his budding franchise, the Hellboy director stated he wanted to develop 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.