Pacific Rim 2: Daredevil's Steven S. DeKnight to direct Guillermo del Toro produced sequel

The film has been off-and-on again ever since the 2013 original

Human ciphers: Charlie Hunnam and Rinko Kikuchi take second place to the giant robots (AP)

Some surprising yet brilliant new for fans of Pacific Rim; Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight has taken charge of the sequel, having spoken to the original’s director Guillermo del Toro.

The off-and-on again sequel looks set to happen despite previous reports it was put on hold “indefinitely” and that production was in limbo.

According to Del Toro GDT, the reigns have been handed to DeKnight, who will act as director, while he will step back into a producer role.

DeKnight has yet to work on film but he does have numerous TV credits to his name, including being the creator of Spartacus and working on Smallville, Buffy and Dollhouse.

Uncertainty surrounding the production Pacific Rim was sparked when Legendary - the studio who owns the franchise - seemingly sold the franchise to Chinese company Wanda.

On initial release, Pacific Rim didn’t do as well as expected on the international market in general, but was exceedingly popular in China. If the company has purchased Pacific Rim, a sequel could be even more likely than with Legendary.

In older, none-Pacific Rim related Del Toro news, the director apparently wants to direct a Jabba the Hut-led mafia movie based in the Star Wars universe.