Ron Perlman Joins Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim

Director Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labryinth) confirmed to Wired that Ron Perlman (Drive, Enemy At The Gates) has been added to the cast of his giant monster/robot mash-up Pacific Rim. Perlman has previously worked with Guillermo on Hellboy 1-2, Blade 2, Cronos, and was going to have a role in the canceled At The Mountains of Madness. The film stars Ron's Sons of Anarchy co-star Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba (Luther, Thor, Wire, Prometheus) and Charlie Day (Horrible Bosses). The epic monster sci-fi flick will be released on May 10th 2013.

"We are working with actors that I absolutely adore," he continues. "Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman. It's really, it's a very, very beautiful poem to giant monsters. Giant monsters versus giant robots. Twenty-five-story-high robots beating the crap out of 25-story-high monsters. We're trying to create a world in which the characters are real and how it would affect our world politically, how it would affect the landscape if creatures like this really came out of the sea, etc."

Charlie Day In Talks For Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim

Variety reports that funny man Charlie Day from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is in talks for role in Pacific Rim. The film directed by Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy 1-2) focuses on a group of soldiers who fight unspeakable giant monsters who rise out of the Pacific Ocean with massive robots they pilot. Charlie Hunnam is set for the lead with Idris Elba in talks as well. Day would play a professor in the film.

Idris Elba Could Join Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim

TheWrap reports that Legendary Pictures and director Guillermo del Toro are looking at casting Idris Elba (Prometheus, The Wire, Thor, Ghost Rider 2) in Pacific Rim. Elba has also been rumored for talks to take a role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. He would join Charlie Hunnam (Children of Men, S.O.A.) in the film if cast. The story is set in a future in which an alien attack threatens the existence of earth. Humans battle the nasty and brutal creatures by piloting giant robots.

The film sounds like it could be a replacement for Hellboy fans waiting on the third installment. So I'm excited to see del Toro finally choose his next him let's hope nothing goes wrong between now and post-production. Elba has been focusing on a lot of genre based projects lately so Pacific Rim seems a good fit.


 

Tom Cruise Confirmed For Oblivion/Horizions & Circling Del Toro's Pacific Rim

Deadline has confirmation that Tom Cruise has signed on for the lead in Joseph Kosinski's (Tron Legacy) Oblivion (aka Horizons). The science fiction action film that shoots this fall was originally setup at Disney but eventually moved over to Universal.

Oddly enough it's the same studio that passed on a Tom Cruise starring At The Mountains of Madness that would have been directed by Guillermo del Toro. Cruise is also circling a role in del Toro's Pacific Rim which shoots this summer and Charlie Hunnam is in talks for a part.

Charlie Hunnam Could Star In Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim

HeatVision reports that Charlie Hunnam (Green Street Hooligans, Children of Men, SOA) is in talks for the lead role in Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim. The film that starts production this summer/fall focuses on a group of humans who pilot giant robots to fight massive monsters that appear out of the Pacific Ocean.

Bana, Wilde & Hunnam In Talks To Star In KIN

Variety reports Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde (Tron, Cowboys & Aliens) are in talks for KIN. It focuses on two desperate sibling fugitives (Bana, Wilde) on the run who subsequently collide with the holiday homecoming of a troubled ex-boxer. Charlie Hunnam (Green Street Hooligans, Sons of Anarchy) is being pursued for the role of an ex-boxer.

Oscar winning director Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters) will helm the thriller. Stefan's next film is the Dracula horror flick The Last Voyage of Demeter which has Noomi Rapace and Ben Kingsley attached to star.