Suicide Squad actor Scott Eastwood and The Great Wall actress Jing Tian are also cast in the film.
Deadline Hollywood reported on Monday that actress Adria Arjona (The Belko Experiment, Life of the Party, Emerald City) has joined the cast of Pacific Rim 2, the planned sequel to Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham’s 2013 science-fiction robot film.
John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Finn) will play the lead role in the film as the son of Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost character from the first film.
The film will debut in theaters on February 23, 2018.