Guillermo Del Toro Says PACIFIC RIM 2 Is Being Written But Legendary Hasn't Given The Green Light

IGN (via HitFix) caught up with writer/director Guillermo del Toro on the status of the possible sequel to Pacific Rim. The film made around $100 million domestically but worldwide made over $400 million. Giving Legendary enough profits to consider making another installment. Along with expectations to make a decent chunk of change in BR/DVD/VOD sales. Writers Travis Beacham and del Toro have been spending the last couple of months putting together a script for Pacific Rim 2. Guillermo reaffirms the script is being written but the studio hasn't green lit the sequel at this point.

Actors Up For Batman Role In Zack Snyder's BATMAN VS SUPERMAN Include Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Richard Artimage, Matthew Goode And Joe Manganiello

THR are revealing a list of names who might be considered by the studio for Zack Snyder's Batman role in Batman Vs. Superman. The group includes Josh Brolin (American Gangster, Sin City 2), Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Place Beyond The Pines), Richard Armitage (Hobbit Trilogy, Strike Back, Captain America: The First Avenger), Max Martini (Pacific Rim, The Unit), Joe Manganiello (Spider-Man, True Blood) and Matthew Goode (Watchmen).

Josh and Ryan previously worked together in WB's Gangster Squad. It's screenwriter Will Becall had been hired to pen a Justice League film. That draft had been scrapped likely to make way for Batman Vs. Superman instead. Joe Manganiello had been in the running and championed by Snyder for the role of Superman before Henry Cavill landed the lead in Man of Steel. So his chances are extremely high. Richard Armitage is already apart of billion dollar franchise at WB, playing Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit Trilogy. Goode previously worked with Snyder on Watchmen and could be a candidate that Snyder is pushing for as well.