Warner Bros. give Pacific Rim 2013 release, Soderbergh’s Contagion bumped up

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Last Updated on August 5, 2021

It’s release date time y’all…get out your star-charts and horoscopes!

Warner Bros. announced today the release of two high profile genre flicks, both from A-list directors. First is Guillermo del Toro’s large-scale monster movie PACIFIC RIM, which the studio has set for a July 12, 2013 release. The dead of summer folks, del Toro style!

Here’s a truncated synopsis for PACIFIC RIM:

Set in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, the planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate the growing menace.

The flick stars Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day and Idris Alba. Click HERE for a much longer synopsis.

Next up is Steven Soderbergh’s killer virus flick CONTAGION. The flick had originally been slated to come out October 21st of this year, but will now infect theatergoers September 9th. A good six week leap forward.

Starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne and Sanaa Lathan – CONTAGION maps the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.

So there it is. PACIFIC RIM crumbles into theaters July 12, 2013. CONTAGION spreads September 9th.

I love you Marion Cotillard!

Source: Warner Bros.

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