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Game Freak Hack Teases Several Future ‘Pokemon’ Live-Action Projects

News October 15, 2024 9:34 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

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... Read More...

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Director Jonathan Krisel Set To Helm ‘Detective Pikachu 2’

News March 3, 2023 11:15 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

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... Read More...

‘Detective Pikachu 2’ Still In Active Development at Legendary

News February 2, 2023 3:43 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

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... Read More...

Netflix Also Developing A ‘Pokemon’ Live-Action Movie

News September 8, 2021 6:39 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

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... Read More...

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

News July 26, 2021 10:55 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

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... Read More...

Another Live-Action ‘Pokemon’ Movie In-Development at Legendary

News June 1, 2020 9:56 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

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... Read More...