The entertainment industry magazine Variety reported on Thursday that Pacific Rim 2, the planned sequel to Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham’s 2013 science-fiction robot film, will debut in theaters on February 23, 2018.
The sequel had been slated for August 2017, after previously being planned for April 2017.
Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, and del Toro are credited as producers, and Jillian Share is credited as executive producer for the film.
Additionally, The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog reported on Thursday that Suicide Squad actor Scott Eastwood is in early talks to join the film.