Pacific Rim Uprising has had a bit of a bumpy road to the big screen. Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro had always hoped there would be a next film, but the overall box office of that first film didn’t guarantee that would happen.

Then the sequel hit speed bump after speed bump, and soon enough, del Toro wasn’t able to direct it. But that doesn’t mean his influence was lost altogether. He was very much still in the process even if he wasn’t the director, as ComingSoon.net discovered while visiting the set earlier this year.

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They had a chance to sit down with producer Cale Boyter, who said:

“He’s been involved from the different ideas, weighing in, the different drafts,. We send him all the visuals and everything. He loves Boyega. Obviously all the stuff he looked at he’s touched and noted. He hasn’t been here yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point he ends up here. Moves things around and I’ll be like ‘No, go back over there.’”

So those who are sad over the fact that Pacific Rim Uprising won’t be the vision of del Toro may be able to see a lot of his influence when the film actually hits theaters early next year.

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SOURCE: ComingSoon.net