Guillermo Del Toro Talks PACIFIC RIM; Reveals When The First Trailer Will Debut

Director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade 2) discusses his upcoming science fiction epic Pacific Rim and the creative freedom involving his work on the film, as well as confirming when the first trailer will be released.

By PaulRom - Jul 31, 2012 10:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Director Guillermo del Toro (best known for directing the Hellboy films, Pan's Labyrinth and Blade 2) was recently promoting his upcoming science fiction film Pacific Rim at San Diego Comic-Con. Some footage from the film, which is described as a homage to the Kaiju genre, was shown, and was received extremely positively by those who were present. Many were wondering when we would see a debut trailer for the movie, and in an interview with Collider, del Toro reveals that the first trailer for Pacific Rim may be released in November or December of this year.

Also in the following segment from Collider's interview (the site will be posting a part of the hour long interview each day), del Toro discusses the Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, how he became involved with the project, the creative freedom that he had, working with Legendary Pictures, and much more. Watch the video below:

Time Index:

The amazing presentation in Hall H at Comic-Con
1:30 – How he’s going on radio silence until the end of the year
1:45 – When will we see the first teaser trailer. He thinks November or December
2:10 – His reaction to when he first heard about Pacific Rim and his initial meeting with Thomas Tull at Legendary Pictures. Talks about how in the first meeting he came up with a lot of the main story ideas like the two pilots. He explained that by having two pilots it would allow them to show two people that might not like one another but they are forced to work together.
3:58 – I mention that I recently learned that Thomas Tull is a nerd. What is it like to work for someone who also loves these properties. Talks about how he’ll talk with Tull and they’ll go back and forth coming up with ideas on how to make the project even cooler.
5:50 – How does Pacific Rim compare to what he wanted it to be going in. Says they lost one set piece because he thought it was a bit too much. Also, it wasn’t the studio that made him cut it, says it was “self regulated.” Went on to say “it’s very close to what I imagined that first day.”
6:45 – Talks about how during shooting he never got a phone call from the studio saying we don’t like what you’re shooting. The shoe never dropped.
6:55 – Did he get a lot of studio notes? What kind of creative freedom did he have? Says he once got a note from Tull that said, “can you make it more kick-ass?”
8:45 – Talks about the demands he put on the actors making Pacific Rim. Talks about the machines they built for the pilots for the film and how he wanted them to be real and not CG.

Pacific Rim is set to hit theaters July 12th, 2013.

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18 Comments

marvel72 - 7/31/2012, 10:39 AM

can't wait until the first trailer surfaces.

JayHova - 7/31/2012, 10:50 AM

Guillermo is gonna hit it out the park with this film!!.. hmmm since he now has history w/ legendary pics, WB, and comic book movies, why not have him take the helm for the BATMAN's future.. now tell me his style for cgi and makeup/cosmetics mixed with his directing wouldn't do wonders for a reboot (arkham city style) or continuation with some of the more fantastical characters. *fingers crossed*

Spidey91 - 7/31/2012, 10:52 AM

november or december? :(

Bojac - 7/31/2012, 10:54 AM

Ick, awful audio.

bobevanz - 7/31/2012, 10:56 AM

Greengo - 7/31/2012, 11:06 AM

@Batlizard: Or "Pacific Rim Job"

Moriarty117 - 7/31/2012, 11:11 AM

I'm calling that the trailer will be attached to "The Hobbit"

I'm actually glad that we get three Hobbit movies, personally.

marvel72 - 7/31/2012, 11:14 AM

@ Nomis

good call,he'd be a my choice for animal man the new 52 version.

AlexDeLarge87 - 7/31/2012, 12:19 PM

Swamp Thing would rule.

Cant wait next year. :)

musashi - 7/31/2012, 1:09 PM

Release it NOW! Dammit! Can't wait for giant robots to be done right! Woo hoo!

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/31/2012, 1:49 PM

wth why so far away??? December is when the second trailer should be coming not the first.

ralfinader - 7/31/2012, 3:13 PM

Hellboy 3?

Durf - 7/31/2012, 3:30 PM

November or December? Ugh, why so far away. Oh, well I guess. Can't wait to see it

TheSoulEater - 7/31/2012, 4:08 PM

@Durf6199

Where's your gif from

R888 - 7/31/2012, 6:17 PM

Can't wait for the trailer, robots fighting monsters

LAXtremest - 7/31/2012, 10:25 PM

I am eager to see what this is all about. I heard it was the big talk of Comic Con.

JayTopStix - 8/1/2012, 12:54 PM

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