Pacific Rim Uprising: Exclusive New Photo – IGN First

All month long, IGN First is spotlighting the Films to Watch in 2018. Today, we take a look at Universal Pictures’ Pacific Rim Uprising, the sequel to the 2013 tale of Jaegers and Kaiju. The film stars John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman and Rinko Kikuchi, and was directed by Steven S. DeKnight (Spartacus, Daredevil).

Yesterday IGN debuted the exclusive new Pacific Rim Uprising poster (scroll down to see that), featuring more Jaegers than you could shake a plasma sword at. And now today we have a trailer dropping this morning and a brand new, exclusive photo of the film’s star, John Boyega, surrounded by what looks like vestiges of his father’s past… and Boyega’s character’s future. Check it out right here:

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Dark Universe Being ‘Reconfigured’ By Universal After Setbacks

Universal’s Dark Universe franchise is set to be ‘reconfigured’, according to a writer who has stepped away from one of its lead projects.

Invisible Man writer Ed Soloman revealed to Digital Spy that he won’t be working on the movie any longer, citing differences in vision.

“I think Universal and I had a different idea of what the movie was gonna be”, he explained. “We began thinking that our notions would meld, and I should’ve listened more closely to what they really were wanting.”

Solomon further noted that Universal is now working to change the Dark Universe in the wake of setbacks:

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Persona Developer Could Be Making ‘PS4 High-End Action Game’

Atlus fans, rejoice! It looks like the Japanese developer of Persona 5 is brewing something new for PS4.

Spotted by Gematsu, a job advert titled “2D Concept Design / Key Animation Talents! PS4 High-End Action Game” appeared, posted by a “long-standing consumer game maker famous for its unique goddess (megami) and demon RPGs.”

After a lot of chin rubbing and thoughtful moustache twirling, the consensus is that it’s Atlus. If you want more proof, Setagaya is listed as the location, which happens to be where Atlus’ office is based.

Shortly after the story was picked up, that ad was removed, along with a second one for a UI designer.

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