Now that "Pacific Rim 2" is confirmed to happen, fans are anxious to know when the movie will start filming.
Yahoo! reported that Guillermo Del Toro will finally begin production for the monters vs. robots themed movie late this year in November.
And while the release date to "Pacific Rim 2" has been delayed until Aug. 4, 2017, del Toro assured fans that an "epic battle" between kaijus and the robot monsters is going to happen in the sequel.
"We have an epic battle at the end [that] we started designing a couple weeks ago," he revealed.
Apparently, "Pacific Rim 2" will now explore further into the world of kaijus.
In a separate interview with BuzzFeed, while promoting the premiere episode to his show "The Strain," Guillermo del Toro revealed that he has been working hard with Zak Penn to find a way to give the sequel a twist.
"I'm working very, very hard with Zak Penn," he explained of "Pacific Rim 2" progress. "We've been working for a few months now in secret. We found a way to twist it around. Travis Beacham was involved in the storyline and now I'm writing with Zak because Travis has become a TV mogul."
Furthermore, del Toro told Movie Pilot, that together with the original characters "Pacific Rim 2" will finally introduce a new line up with new kaijus.
"What's great is it's a great set-up and a link between the first movie and the second movie. It really enhances the mythology of the characters; we have cameos of characters from the first movie, but mostly it's a new set of characters. New jaegers, except for one or two, [and] new kaijus. It's really fun."
He also said that his favorite characters like Charlie Hunnam's Raleigh will definitely return in the sequel, together with other original cast.
"The characters I love will return," del Toro said according to IGN. "Raleigh, Mako, Newt, Gottlieb and who knows, maybe even Hannibal Chau - but we are taking them into a fresh territory that will display amazing sights and battles. The first film set the stage and now we're ready to have a blast."
However, del Toro confessed to Collider that it was not easy for him to work on the story of "Pacific Rim 2," since it lacks background.
"It was hard to create a world that did not come from a comic book," he explained.
"That had its own mythology, so we had to sacrifice many aspects to be able to cram everything in the first movie. Namely, for example 'the Drift,' this was an interesting concept. [Then there was] this portal that ripped a hole into the fabric of our universe, what were the tools they were using? And we came up with a really, really interesting idea. I don't want to spoil it, but I think at the end of the second movie, people will find out that the two movies stand on their own. They're very different from each other, although hopefully bringing the same joyful giant spectacle. But the tenor of the two movies will be quite different."
