Will Godzilla appear in Pacific Rim 2?

Jet Jaegar

Is the undisputed King of Monsters set to appear in a future instalment of Pacific Rim? It's a question that's been raised before - by Pacific Rim director Guillermo Del Toro himself, no less - but with production on Pacific Rim 2 gearing up, people are once again wondering if we'll get to Godzilla duke it out with a jaegar.

Speaking to Movie Pilot, Del Toro revealed that Pacific Rim 2 would expand on some of the ideas from the first film, opening the sequel up to new storytelling possibilities, and maybe even a crossover with The Big G himself.

"So far with the sequel, what we’re writing, what we’re creating, is very different, so there are no plans. Hypothetically, I would love the fuck out of it. I would love to see a jaeger and Godzilla duke it out. That would be too much for the human brain."
We'll learn more about the angry extraterrestrials who sicced kaiju on our world in the first film, as well as the tech that allows them to hop from one dimension to the next.

Will our heroes reverse-engineer this tech and cross dimensions to corral Kaiju of their own in order to fight the alien menace? Probably not, but, hey, a man can dream. It will, however, allow Godzilla to cross into the PacRim 'verse and wreak some havoc whilst preserving both series' continuity.

It's been over a decade since we've had a Godzilla film with a 'vs.' in the title, and I'd dearly love to see The Big G star in a good old-fashioned knockdown, dragout monster movie. Here's hoping Del Toro and Legendary Pictures (who rather helpfully hold the rights to both franchises) can make it happen.