‘Pacific Rim’ Origin Series In Works At Legendary From Eric Heisserer

After giving Dune a prequel series with Max’s Dune: Prophecy, Legendary Entertainment is looking to do the same for another movie title, Pacific Rim. An origin story for the Pacific Rim film franchise is in the works at the indie studio from Eric Heisserer (Shadow and Bone, Bird Box). It is part of a first-look deal Heisserer and Chronology, his recently launched production company with Carmen Lewis, have signed with Legendary to work on IP and related projects.

“Eric is a multitalented, prolific creator whose track record of critical and commercial successes speaks for itself,” said Jason Clodfelter, President of Legendary Television. “We are thrilled to launch our partnership with Eric, Chronology, and Carmen, with a new entry in the epic, globally popular Pacific Rim universe.”

In the Pacific Rim universe, humanity fights monsters by creating monsters of their own. Faced with oblivion, humanity-built Jaegers—massive, mechanized warriors piloted by our bravest and brightest from around the world—to defend against an invasion of colossal trans-dimensional creatures known as the Kaiju.

Launching in 2013 with the Guillermo del Toro-directed feature film of the same name, Pacific Rim has expanded into other media, including TV with the Netflix animated series Pacific Rim: Black.

Heisserer most recently served as the showrunner, executive producer and writer on Shadow and Bone, which ran on Netflix for two seasons. He previously wrote the streamer’s hit Sandra Bullock movie Bird Box and the Denis Villeneuve-directed sci-fi thriller Arrival which earned him an Oscar nomination and WGA Award.

His Legendary deal was first reported by Variety.