Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Releases in 2019

Sounds more like a retelling/remake of the First movie, only set in the new Movie-verse started in I Choose You.

So no doubt an upgrade in animation (Especially if the Attack on Titans guys work on this too) but your usual story changes like no Brock or Misty to be seen and whatever new feature/evolution/Pokemon they need to promote added in.....

My favorite Pokemon movie is Destiny Deoxys, though Mewtwo Strikes Back is a close second.

I know my kids have seen almost every movie, I've seen about half and enjoyed about half of those, but I'm not sure I've ever seen this one. I'm looking forward to it.

hmm... this could be interesting. i've seen the old mewtwo movie when i was really young and really enjoy it. can't wait to hear more!

I never watched any of the Pokemon movies but I think this would be interesting ☺

I am REALLY hoping this turns out to be an awesome movie, and the fact that they reference the exact same title as the first pokemon movie makes me think that this could be a sequel, or at least remake of some sort of it.

We never saw who won in much anticipated Mewtwo vs Mew fight cause that jerk Ash got in the way. I was so mad! Please give us a proper resolution to the fight this time....

@Wanjia That is for Pokemon related articles

At this rate they'll remake everything they made for the first gen.

I'll be waiting for the pokemon snap and pokemon stadium remakes.

Perhaps we will see the mega evolutions return. I think we saw one in the Genesect movie(?) but they could be back. Or Shadow MewTwo from Pokken. The interesting thing is the implication for the video game and card game if that does happen, as that was a mega evolution, which barely features in the current meta.

I've only seen maybe 2 or 3 of the Pokemon movies but I actually own Mewtwo Strikes Back. I bought an imported DVD because it released in the US before it even got to theatres in the UK.

@Yosheel Aren't we all?

I've enjoyed the few Pokemon movies I have watched and the animation series has been a favorite at my house for some time now .

I never like Mewtwo Strikes Back but I do enjoy Mewtwo Returns though. Leave it up to Nintendo to continue making movies about Mewtwo always coming back using Star Wars references.

Idk, the original was so good, it’s hard for me seeing them improving it. It managed to ask deep philosophical questions and manages to have a compelling conflict without an actual villain. No extra bells and whistles. Actual questions of existentialism, cloning, greater purposes, and how to handle living in a flawed world. Mewtwo may have been the antagonist but he wasn’t a villain.

Heck the first three movies were gold in their own ways. 2000 was a great story about how one person can accomplish a lot (though the weakest movie of the three still) and the third movie was basically... life isn’t fair, some people get really screwed over, and death is horrible... but you can’t just hide away and pretend things didn’t happen, it’s about accepting loss and growing instead of freezing.

Really, I see how they want to cash in on nostalgia recently but it’d be much better for them to try to write compelling new movies, they have enough characters to come up with any plot. Mewtwo Strikes Back is a pretty solid story that doesn’t need a revision, maybe improved animation could help but if they do stuff like add mega evolution they’re gonna undermine the message, it wasn’t good because “cool Pokémon”, it was good because of its focus on character growth (of Mewtwo specifically).

Also I swear to this die I bawl at that scene of Pikachu trying to revive Ash. 😭

If this is a reimagining of the original film, it better make kids and adults cry like the original did! Otherwise, I'll just show my future kids the original.

I love the first movie, but Pokemon 2000 was one of the first films I ever saw in what was then, the new theater in town and it was really cool.

Also loved the music. After Pokemon 4ever I kind of fell off the wagon, I've gone back and watched the movies from gen 3 and 4 but that's all. All the movies from the Black and White era on I haven't watch. Though I do want to watch the XY stuff.

Pokemon 2000 is still my favourite but i do like to watch what I can. Currently finished season 20 sun and moon and hooper (clash of something I forget) both on Netflix

Love the first movie! If they brought back Mewtwo's English voice like how they've brought back his Japanese one then that would be amazing. Though I doubt it since none of the voices from the 4Kids era of the anime have ever came back as far as I know

Oh man, I saw the original in theatre when it came out. Got a limited edition Mew card for the TCG, too. There was a card shop next to the theatre, so dad took me there first so I could trade cards before the movie started. Good times, fantastic movie. “Brother, My Brother” still gives me goosebumps, and the sound track is one of only 25 or so CDs I ever bought.

I also enjoyed Pokemon the 'move'

I've been out of the Pokemon movie watching loop for some time now. I usually stick with movies 1 though 5, but have good memories of Destiny Deoxys.

I did see Genesect and the Hoopa one but found them too mediocre, at least for my taste. Probably comes from the fact that I hate how Ash looks and sounds like and pretty much dislike every other character that isn't Pikachu.

My second favorite movie, after Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. There's still plenty of room for improvement on it.It'd be nice if they played up how out of touch with Mewtwo's plight Mew is for one, the other trainers who showed up were rather flat and could easily be made more interesting, and obviously the animation will be taken a step up. Plus, the original american release butchered some of the heavier themes in it (though it did make certain parts better than the original in exchange, especially the quips).

Suffice to say, I'm very interested, but we'll see how well it's done.

@ShadJV Given how much I Choose You covered the first episode in 10 mins and then buggered off to do its own thing with the odd nostalgia moment like Charmander, Bye Bye Butterfree, etc., this remake/re-imagining/whatever will probably almost be like a different movie all together.

I'd be very surprised if Misty and Brock were even in this film....

Only Pokemon movie I ever cared for. It's cheesy, but the film hits just the right notes for me.

"Brother, my brother
Tell what are we fighting for?
we'd got to end this war.
we should love one another
can't we just pretend
this war never began"

@Ralizah True. It felt geared towards adults with its military-esque, civil war themes.