Pacific Rim: Uprising cinematographer Dan Mindel shared a new image to his Instagram page (via Omega Underground) which tells us quite a lot about the cast situation. We had been led to believe that neither of the original film's leads (Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi) would be returning for Steven S. DeKnight's currently shooting sequel, but this confirms that the latter will indeed be back as Mako Mori. It looks like Charlie Day and Burn Gorman are also set to return as scientists Newt and Gottlieb.
Most interestingly, the image seems to reveal that Karl Urban (Dredd, Star Trek Beyond, Thor: Ragnarok) will have a role in the movie, playing a character with the surname Quan. Some of the other character's names are also visible.
Pacific Rim: Uprising is set to hit theaters on February 23, 2018.
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