Entertainment News Portal Variety has confirmed a new Live-Action Pokémon series is underway. Joe Henderson, Executive Producer of Netflix show Lucifer is reportedly going to be a part of this project as a writer and an executive producer. The news right now only claims that the live-action is in the early stages of development.
The Pokémon franchise released Detective Pikachu in May 2019. The Live-action film starred Justice Smith as the protagonist Tim Goodman and Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu. The film directed by Robert Letterman has a rating of 6.8/10 on IMDb.
The visuals of the show are highly likely to be similar to the style of Detective Pikachu. The news of the live-action development also comes in 2 weeks after the official trailer for the Pokémon Master Journeys series came out.
Pokémon Master Journeys: Official Trailer
Live-Action Pokémon and Upcoming Anime Series
Pokémon Master Journeys is a Netflix Exclusive production that will stream the 24th Season of the Pokémon anime Franchise. The Live-Action Pokémon release is yet to get a date of release, but the Pokémon series is going to be streaming on Netflix from September 10th 2021!. The series will contain 12 episodes and will follow a quarterly release pattern from then on.
The announcement of the live-action Pokémon series and anime series is raising hopes for a possible sequel to Detective Pikachu. Detective Pikachu was released 2 years ago and has been in the buzz since. Being one of the highest-grossing video game franchise films ever, it might not be too much to expect the return of the film. The recent updates have been disappointing and don’t look very hopeful in terms of a possible renewal for the film series.
For now, we have a Pokémon Live-action series as well as the anime series coming our way. Stay tuned for more updates on your favourite titles and let us know if Summer 2021 anime have lived up to your expectations!
