Charlie Hunnam To Star in Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim'   Guillermo Del Toro has his leading man for the upcoming monster vs. robot movie Pacific Rim. … According to the Hollywood Reporter piece, Pacific Rim – which was written by Travis Beacham – is influenced by mecha, a sci-fi and animation sub-genre which features humans piloting giant robots. Some more famous examples are Gundam and Evangelion. Hunnam's role, the lead of the movie, is rumored to be of a pilot of one of the mechs forced to climb back into one because of the impending doom. (via /Film)