We have heard for several years that the Pokemon Company is still hard at work developing more live-action projects set in the world of Pokemon after the success of 2019’s Detective Pikachu. A sequel has long been in development but has since moved to Netflix with director Jonathan Krisel attached. In 2021, screenwriter Joe Henderson […]
Today, Deadline announced that director Jonathan Krisel is set to helm the upcoming sequel to Detective Pikachu. He is best known for directing Portlandia. Movement was quiet on the highly anticipated sequel until last month when Legendary confirmed the film was still in active development. Krisel takes over from director Rob Letterman who helmed the […]
In 2019, Legendary Pictures released the first live-action Pokemon movie starring Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu. The film was a commercial and critical success, with fans praising it for its humor and accurate adaption of the Japanese anime. The studio quickly put into development a sequel, but the COVID-19 pandemic hit the […]
Earlier this summer, Netflix announced they would be developing a live-action Pokemon TV series for the streaming network. The series was expected to be separate from 2019’s Detective Pikachu which was the first attempt to translate the IP to live-action. However, recently Daniel Ritchman revealed on his Patreon a live-action movie is also in early […]
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 […]
Today, our friend Daniel Ritchman revealed on his Patreon that another live-action Pokemon movie is in development at Legendary Pictures. This comes off fans praising last year Detective Pikachu starring Ryan Reynolds even if the box office didn’t necessarily reflect that. He states however that it may not end up being a sequel to Detective […]
