Netflix Developing a Live-Action ‘Pokemon’ TV Series with Scribe Joe Henderson

News July 26, 2021 10:55 am Caleb Williams

Today, Variety announced that a new live-action Pokemon series is in early development for Netflix. The series will be written produced by Lucifer writer Joe Henderson. Plot details are being kept under wraps but will follow in the footsteps of 2019’s Detective Pikachu. The feature film was loved by fans but unfortunately failed at the box office. Legendary was considering another live-action film in 2020 that would possibly follow Red & Blue from the manga. However, that has yet to move forward.

Pokemon will stream exclusively on Netflix

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Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media. Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

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