Legendary Pictures secures “Pokemon” movie rightsJuly 21, 2016 - 12:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary Pictures has secured the rights to make "Pokemon" movie after the massive success of widely popular game "Pokemon GO". According to Deadline, the studio and the Pokemon Company have closed their deals to launch the first live-action movie based on the Japanese pocket monster game, AceShowbiz reports. The live-action film will center on a character in the Pokemon universe, Detective Pikachu, which was introduced in a game that came out in Japan earlier this year. Though details of the story are still kept under wraps, the screenplay will reportedly be penned by Max Landis who also wrote the script of "Power Rangers". Legendary will begin production of the film next year with Universal Pictures distributing outside Japan. Toho will handle the distribution in Japan as the studio had previously done the same in distributing the reboot of "Godzilla" movie franchise. "Pokemon GO" puts Pokemon in the real world by utilizing GPS location information and makes players chase down the virtual pocket monsters in their own vehicles. "Pokemon" itself is a franchise of video games, trading cards, TV shows, comic books and movies. The franchise focuses on the unique creatures that are collected by Pokemon Trainers, who then train them to battle for sport. "Pokemon" was created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995. The first video game, launched for Game Boy, was released in 1996. Nineteen animated films based on the property have been made with the first movie, "Pokemon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back", released in 1998. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |