Thanks to the incredible popularity of the Pokemon Go mobile game, The Pokemon Company and Legendary Entertainment officially partnered up for the live action film franchise.
The live action Pokemon movie is being “fast-tracked” for production sometime in 2017, which means fans should expect to see in theaters at the earliest in 2018, if not later.
According to Variety, Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch are currently in negotiations to pen the Pokemon movie screenplay.
However, as previously stated, this live action Pokemon movie will not be based on the anime.