Pacific Rim has released a new teaser image. The picture from the Guillermo del Toro-directed Legendary Pictures film shows the footprint of one of the movie's giant monsters, Digital Spy said.

Pacific Rim centers around an Earth threatened by creatures called Kaiju, which rise from the sea and wage war on mankind.

The defenders creature huge robots called Jaegers to combat the threat, but continue to fight a losing battle.

The fate of mankind comes down to a disgraced former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and untested rookie (Rinko Kikuchi).

Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins Jr, Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke and Diego Klattenhoff will also feature in the movie.