Pacific Rim 2 has began the first day of filming. Guillermo del Toro will not be directing this time in his place will be Steven S. DeKnight from Marvel’s Daredevil series.

John Boyega announced the name of the sequel over Instagram and the title is Pacific Rim: Maelstrom.

Boyega will playthe son of Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost, who died at the end of the first film.

Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny, Jing Tian, and Levi Meaden will also star.

Pacific Rim: Maelstrom is scheduled for release February 23, 2018

I loved the first film and I’m glad the sequel is happening and that Guillermo del Toro is still involved after the delays and problems the production had at the beginning.

Day 1 of shooting. The adventure begins… #PacificRim2 pic.twitter.com/IONAg1gsfd

— Steven DeKnight (@stevendeknight) November 9, 2016

First day on Pacific Rim today. Here’s to a great adventure ahead ✌🏿

A photo posted by BOYEGA (@jboyega_) on Nov 9, 2016 at 10:14am PST

So lucky to have him! We’re giving a 110% to make @RealGDT proud! #PacificRim2 https://t.co/gjFOgYkfHM

— Steven DeKnight (@stevendeknight) November 9, 2016