The Real Reason Why Guillermo Del Toro Didn’t Direct Pacific Rim 2 (& Why He Can’t Watch It)

Guillermo del Toro has revealed why he didn’t direct – and never watched – Pacific Rim: Uprising. His original 2013 movie Pacific Rim was set in a world where pairs of human soldiers operate mechas called Jaegers to fight giant monsters called Kaiju. He eventually dropped out of making the 2018 sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising and the job went to television director Stephen S. DeKnight. The movie, which starred John Boyega, failed to make a profit at the box office and earned a Rotten score of 42% on Rotten Tomatoes.