According to a recent Variety report, Netflix is working on a live-action Pokémon series. Variety's sources say that this new series will be similar to the Detective Pikachu live-action movie. Not much details are available about the plot since the project is said to be in its early days. However, the report mentions that the co-showrunner and executive producer on the Netflix series Lucifer, Joe Henderson, will be the writer and executive producer for the show.

However, Variety does not name its sources, so take this news with a grain of salt.

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[StrayGuitarist]

Huh. Why?

 

[Deleted member 194275]

live-action means filming rather than drawings right?

I think it would be fun seeing a rat biting a pigeon 'til death, but PETA will not be pleased

 

[stanleyopar2000]

Detective Pikachu animation...???

 

[Luz Noceda]

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According to a recent Variety report, Netflix is working on a live-action Pokémon series. Variety's sources say that this new series will be similar to the Detective Pikachu live-action movie. Not much details are available about the plot since the project is said to be in its early days. However, the report mentions that the co-showrunner and executive producer on the Netflix series Lucifer, Joe Henderson, will be the writer and executive producer for the show.

However, Variety does not name its sources, so take this news with a grain of salt.

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Yeah He is back Our Man Prans!

 

[Hanafuda]

Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. But I was already 30 years old when the first anime series of Pokemon aired, so I have no emotional attachment. Maybe people who were kids then will gush a flood of tears.

 

[Centrix]

Huh. Why?

To quote the StrayGuitarist, Uh, Why!? did some one out there ask for a live action TV series of Poke'mon? lol

 

[RyRyIV]

On the one hand, Detective Pikachu was pretty good!

On the other hand, oh god. Please no.

 

[DKB]

Ugh.

 

[tech3475]

Wasn’t the LoZ and Star Fox Netflix series cancelled due to leaks?

 

[Jiehfeng]

Wait, Lucifer? How interesting lmao.

 

[The Catboy]

No /thread

 

[RedBlueGreen]

Wasn’t the LoZ and Star Fox Netflix series cancelled due to leaks?

If this rumour is accurate, I doubt they'll cancel it because Pokémon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time. Pokémon's estimated total revenue is $105 billion. Mario's is only $34.8 billion. Zelda's is $4 billion, and Star Fox doesn't even make the list meaning less than $2 billion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises

Cancelling it would be a terrible business decision, and Nintendo might not own enough of The Pokémon Company, who handles licensing of the franchise, to cancel the show because of a leak.

 

[osaka35]

Do these leaks keep happening just so they can test the waters on how well they'll be received? legend of zelda and starfox both got concerned responses, if I recall. I can see this having enough "YAY" to actually move forward though.

 

[SexiestManAlive]

i hope this happens, detective Pikachu was amazing

 

[Deleted member 546149]

Cash Money The Show

 

[neotank19]

Nintendo repeat upcoming? News was leaked time to cancel lol.

 

[driverdis]

Won’t matter anyway, someone will leak info about this and get the project cancelled like other Nintendo Netflix collaborations.

 

[MasterJ360]

I guess some ppl get paid to Leak info otherwise we can safely assume this wont ever happen... or atleast hope it doesn't.

 

[Gamer90Kirby]

I wonder if they'll make Ash gay