Pokemon GO hype sparks Legendary Entertainment to announce 'Detective Pikachu' film
Move aside, Sherlock
In following the Pokemon GO craze, of course something like this would happen eventually. It was announced yesterday that Legendary Entertainment has won the rights to a Pokemon movie – but not the sort that we saw in 2000. No, this time it's Pokemon's first live-action film adaption, Detective Pikachu.
Only a few weeks after Pokemon GO's release, Legendary are keeping details of the film under wraps. They did however say that production has been fast-tracked for 2017 so we won't have long to wait.
Introduced in Japan in 1996, Pokemon was a hit from the word GO. With 21.5 billion cards, 279 million video games worldwide, 20 films, and a highly popular animated series that lasted way longer than it should have, it's hardly a stupid move to keep the hype train rolling.
To be honest we'll remain entirely sceptical of any live-action remake of popular franchises. Remember how well the live-action films of The Last Airbender (Avatar) or Dragonball: Evolution went? Ugh, let's not speak of it. The only live-action film I want to actually seen in the next few years is Attack on Titan.
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