Now that The Hobbit has been (very successfully) released, Warner Bros. is charging full steam ahead with its 2013 slate of releases. As we posted for you last week, they’ve already released new trailers for Pacific Rim and Man of Steel. Today we have writer and director Guillermo del Toro‘s commentary on the Pacific Rim trailer, some lovely stills, and the official film description:

Featurette: Pacific Rim – Guillermo del Toro Commentary on Trailer

WARNER BROS. PICTURES AND LEGENDARY PICTURES PACIFIC RIM
In 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX on July 12
(Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writers: Screenplay by Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro
Story by Travis Beacham
Producers: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Parent
Executive Producers: Callum Greene
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky,
Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke, Diego Klattenhoff
Sci-Fi Action Adventure. When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Pacific Rim, starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, and Ron Perlman, is slated to hit theaters on July 12, 2013.