Dervell Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Hollywood Reporter: Legendary, Warner, Sony Bid for Live-Action Pokémon Rights Warner Bros. has previously released Pokémon anime films Entertainment news source The Hollywood Reporter said on Thursday that Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros., and Sony are engaged in an auction for the live-action film rights to the Pokémon franchise. The report notes that the auction is nearing completion. Warner already released several of the animated Pokémon films, starting with Pokemon: The First Movie in North American theaters in 1999. Warner then released Pokemon 2000 - The Movie and 2001's Pokemon 3 - The Movie. Legendary licensed the Godzilla film rights, and produced Gareth Edwards' 2014 Godzilla film, which opened in the United States in May 2014, and earned over US$500 million worldwide. The Godzilla 2 sequel film is slatedfor June 8, 2018. Legendary Pictures and Warner's Godzilla vs. King Kong is slated for a 2020 release. Chinese company Dalian Wanda Group recently acquired a majority stake in Legendary Entertainment in January. The latest film in the Pokémon franchise is Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (Pokémon the Movie XY: Ring no Chōmajin Hoopa), which premiered in Japan in July last year. A new film titled Pokémon the Movie XY & Z: Volcanion to Karakuri no Magearna is slated to open in Japan on July 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElementalCards Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Realistically speaking, I could see Pixar producing a CGI version of a Pokémon film. Didn't Dragonball Evolution flop years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_JCG Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 15 hours ago, ElementalCards said: [...]Didn't Dragonball Evolution flop years ago? It did, but if Hollywood is good at something, it is ignoring the obvious. They always make the same mistakes over and over again, like buying the rights of a recognized brand and turn it on a rushed movie nobody wanted and then get surprised it failed. See Avatar - The Last Airbender, The Amazing Spider Man, The Legend of Chun-li. Or even better, don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoultakerSpirit Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Afetr Pokemon the First Movie, I've been saying to people that it would be cool if they made a live action cause I wanted to see if Misty would look cute as a real girl like in the series. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predaking-117 Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 I facepalmed when I saw the headline. I'm just gonna standby and see how this all unfolds. Will it burn like past mistakes, or something else? More likely the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_JCG Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 More news about this film, courtesy of Variety: "Legendary Entertainment has won the rights to a Pokémon movie and is partnering with the Pokémon Company to launch the first live-action Pokemon film franchise with a “Detective Pikachu” movie. Legendary said details are being kept under wraps but added that the film will be fast-tracked for production to start in 2017." For those who don't remember, this is the trailer for the Detective Pikachu game, released on Japan back in February: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predaking-117 Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 ....this isn't going to end well. At all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSaiyanLove Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 If they would only give the series the care it deserves then I would be all for a live action movie. They'd ruin it though. Well.. It is Legendary... it could go either way? The Godzilla movie was okay but Detective Pikachu.... I have my doubts guys. Serious doubts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphkyo Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 CGI version of a Pokémon film would be the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptoholic Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 This is not going to turn out like they are hoping. There are some things that are just better as Anime and Cartoons (or even games) that they should NOT try to make into a live action movie. I believe we have gone down this path before.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSaber Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 If they make the pokemon realistic enough, PETA will be protesting the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 I miss the original dubbed Ash voice actor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisatrial Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 I am in agreement that a Pixar style movie would work best, but I am willing to give a live action one a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 On 3/11/2017 at 6:43 PM, thisisatrial said: I am in agreement that a Pixar style movie would work best, but I am willing to give a live action one a shot. Same here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisk3281 Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 I bet it would suck lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thy52 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Will this happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElementalCards Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 http://nintendoeverything.com/detective-pikachu-movie-expected-to-start-filming-in-january-2018/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabbagefarm Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 When you take a meme and turn it into a movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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