Pacific Rim‘s TV Show Drifts to Prime Video

Plans for Pacific Rim‘s TV show, which some may have forgotten was even in development, are shifting from concept to reality, as the series has officially found a home on Amazon. As reported by Variety, Legendary Television and Amazon MGM have secured a deal to develop the series, written and executive produced by Eric Heisserer, known for Shadow and Bone, for Prime Video. The streamer has caught the mecha bug, having gained streaming rights for the fourth Neon Genesis Evangelion anime rebuild film, Thrice Upon a Time, as well as the new Mobile Suit Gundam anime, Gquuuuuux, so the move makes a lot of sense when you think about it from a bird’s eye view. Not much has been revealed about the series outside of it serving as a prequel origin story for the franchise. Pacific Rim unfolds in a world where an interdimensional rift has opened in the Pacific Ocean, letting giant monsters wreak havoc. Humankind’s only course of counteraction is putting a two pilots in a giant robot called Jaege ... Read full article.