Del Toro Cancels The Apocalypse Once More. PACIFIC RIM 2 Slated For April 2017!

"The characters I love will return," del Toro told BuzzFeed in an exclusive new statement. "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."

Despite a mixed reception from fans and critics the first film did moderately well, taking in $411 million globally. And with Godzilla taking in $478 million to date clearly folks are still interested in movies with giant monsters in them. Especially in China, where they are just eating this stuff up. In no other territory do these big monster movies do better than China. Pacific Rim took in $111 million during its run and Godzilla is currently sitting around $69 million. 

Del Toro will work on the new script with Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk and X-Men: The Last Stand). As the production was just announced there will be no word yet on casting.