Earlier this year, the ultra-popular franchise Pokémon stormed its way back into the zeitgeist when the mobile app Pokémon Go caught on like wildfire and set download records. With interest in the property sky high once again, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the film industry wanted a piece of the pie. Shortly after Pokémon Go became a worldwide phenomenon, Legendary Pictures acquired the movie rights for a live-action Pokémon flick, bringing Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch on board to pen the script. Plot details remain under wraps for now, but the project is currently known as Detective Pikachu.
With a pair of writers already hired, the most pressing priority for the studio is finding a director. There’s no shortage of filmmakers who would be capable ...
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