‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ release postponed

LOS ANGELES, Aug 3:  The release of “Pacific Rim: Uprising” has been pushed back to March 23, 2018.
It was previously scheduled to open a month earlier on February 23.
“Uprising” is the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 film, which saw a group of Yaeger pilots, played by Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi, use their giant robots to protect humanity from giant monsters (Kaiju).
In the follow-up, John Boyega plays the son of Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba’s character in the original).
Director Steven S DeKnight is helming the film.
The film is a Universal/Legendary co-production. (PTI)