Pacific Rim: Uprising Resurfaces on Hulu in April

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The highly anticipated sequel will soon be available to stream on Hulu, giving audiences another opportunity to watch it. This release comes nearly ten years after the film first premiered in cinemas.

Hulu is adding several new movies in April, including the sci-fi sequel Pacific Rim Uprising which will be available at the beginning of the month. However, the original Pacific Rim won’t be added at the same time. Other sci-fi titles coming to Hulu next month are In Time and Moon, and the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow will also begin streaming on April 1st.

Steven S. DeKnight Directed Pacific Rim Uprising

The original Pacific Rim film did well, and Steven S. DeKnight, known for creating Spartacus, directed the sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising. Released in 2018, five years after the first movie, the sequel takes place a decade after the original’s events. It follows a former pilot who rejoins the Pan Pacific Defense Corps to combat a new wave of Kaiju attacks.

The sequel’s cast included returning actors like Rinko Kikuchi (known for Norwegian Wood), Charlie Day (The Super Mario Galaxy Movie), and Burn Gorman (Game of Thrones). They were joined by stars from the Star Wars franchise, as well as Scott Eastwood (Fast X), Jing Tian (Kong: Skull Island), Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus), Adria Arjona (Morbius), Wesley Wong (Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen), Karan Brar (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), and Max Zhang (Escape Plan: The Extractors).

Pacific Rim Uprising Underperformed

The sequel didn’t perform well in theaters, earning only $291 million compared to the original’s $411 million. Considering its estimated $176 million production budget—excluding marketing—Pacific Rim Uprising was considered a box office failure. Critics weren’t impressed either, giving it a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This disappointing result effectively ended any plans for a third Pacific Rim movie, despite the director having ideas for where the story could go.

Back in 2017, before Pacific Rim Uprising came out, he told Nerdist that the movie was intended to be a starting point for more stories. He explained that if the second film was successful, they already had ideas for a third movie, and that ending would open up the Pacific Rim universe to a wide range of possibilities – including sequels, spin-offs, and standalone stories. That was the overall goal.

Pacific Rim Uprising starts streaming on Hulu on Apr. 1, 2026.

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2026-03-31 01:36