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News Danny DeVito 'Is Still Inside Of' Detective Pikachu
"I promise you"
If you're anything like us, you'll be rushing to the cinema to see Detective Pikachu when it hits the big screen in May. If you've watched any of the trailers, you'll no doubt recognise Ryan Reynolds' voicework as Detective Pikachu. The playful and sarcastic nature of his personality which worked so well in Deadpool is likely to...
News Box Office Analysts Expect Big Things From Detective Pikachu
Positive predictions
Detective Pikachu isn't just shaping up to be the best live-action Pokémon movie – it has the potential to be the best video game movie, period. After some initial scepticism, it would appear that the Hollywood outing has won over critics and each new piece of information has been met with a positive response from fans. All...
News More Detective Pikachu Movie Trading Cards Have Just Been Revealed
Ludicolo is life
As you may well be aware by now, a cool little set of Detective Pikachu movie-themed trading cards are being released next month. We've already seen just a handful of the cards set to appear, but The Pokémon Company has now shared several more and, being the lovely folk that we are, we thought we'd share them with you, too. If you...
Random One Tiny Fix Could Make Sonic's Movie Appearance So Much Better
A sight for sore eyes
As we imagine you've seen by now, it would appear that Sonic's full appearance for his upcoming movie has been leaked online. Fan reaction has been pretty negative, to say the least, and even Sonic creator Yuji Naka has taken to Twitter to share his confusion at the design. Rough translations: "Is this a sonic movi
Video Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Gets Another 30-Second Teaser Trailer
Relive the glory days
Considering this week is the 23rd anniversary of Pokémon, it's no surprise we've already had a number of announcements regarding the long-running franchise. Earlier in the week, a brand new trailer for the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie was released and now a 30-second teaser trailer for the 3D animation - Pokémon The...
Video New Detective Pikachu Movie Trailer Shows Off Lots Of New Pokémon
This is looking epic
As promised yesterday, a brand new trailer for the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie has just been released and we're loving every second of it. The trailer features a generous supply of footage we haven't seen before, as well as a variety of Pokémon that have been shown off for the first time. Keep an eye out for the likes of...
Video Ryan Reynolds Shares Comical Look At His Detective Pikachu Role, New Trailer Tomorrow
"I tried to lose 182 pounds to match his weight"
We were rather fond of Detective Pikachu on Nintendo 3DS, so much so that we said we'd like to see certain traits of the game be brought forward as standards for the series in our review. Naturally, hearing the news of a full feature film based on the game had us excited and worried in equal measure,...
Video The Pokémon Detective Pikachu Movie Just Got A Brand New Trailer
First look at Lickitung and Growlithe!
The upcoming Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie has just received another trailer, adding to our already ridiculously strong hype and excitement for the film's release this summer. We get to see a little more comedic dialogue between Ryan Reynolds (as Pikachu) and Justice Smith (as Tim), as well as some up close...
News Legendary Has Already Begun Work On A Detective Pikachu Sequel
Pika-two
According to an exclusive on The Hollywood Reporter website, Legendary Entertainment has already begun work on a sequel to the upcoming Pokémon film, Detective Pikachu. The company has reportedly hired Oren Uziel to write the script for the sequel, but his approach to the sequel has not been revealed. Uziel previously worked on films such...
News Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You! Is Now Available On Netflix
If only Netflix was available on Switch...
If you're a fan of the monster-collecting ways of Pokémon, you may well be happy to know that one of the franchise's most recent movies has now appeared on Netflix. That's tonight's plans sorted. Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is the first film in the series' newly-introduced alternate timeline, which...
News Ryan Reynolds Shares Behind-The-Scenes Image Of Detective Pikachu Movie
Tracking his every move
We may well have just received the very first trailer for the upcoming film Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, but there's another 2019 Poké-movie also getting a little bit of love as we approach the new year. Remember Detective Pikachu? Of course you do. The film is set to arrive in cinemas on 10th May...
Video Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Gets Its First Official Trailer
The Legend is back
The first official trailer for the next Pokémon film - Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution - has now been released, giving us a juicy tease of things to come. Make sure to check it out above. This film will be the 22nd movie in Pokémon's cinematic history and the third movie in the franchise's recent alternate...
News An Official Sonic Movie Twitter Account Has Opened, Immediately Jokes With Angry Fans
Get the popcorn ready
An official Twitter account for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie has appeared, seemingly operating as a way to keep people talking about the film via memes and humour. At this point, you're likely aware of the shenanigans surrounding the first couple of movie poster reveals - the first poster received an overwhelmingly...
News Sonic Movie Writer Tells Everyone To "Relax" After Poster Backlash
Second poster confirmed to be real
You saw the poster reveal for the Sonic movie, right? You then proceeded to be, at the very least, mildly put-off and disappointed, correct? Well, you're absolutely not alone, as countless comments from angry Sonic fans have been bouncing around the internet ever since. From his strangely muscular physique to the...
News Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Receives July Release Date In Japan
Western release late 2019?
The next movie in the Pokémon franchise has now received a release date in Japan. Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution will hit Japanese theatres on 12th July 2019. This film will be the third movie in the franchise's recent alternate continuity, following on from Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (which...
News The Upcoming Sonic Movie Has Received Its First Poster, And It's Strangely Muscular
Erm...
Joining Pokémon: Detective Pikachu in the shiny, big-budget video game movie genre next year is Sonic the Hedgehog, a film starring a realistic-looking version of everyone's favourite speedy blue hedgehog. The first poster for the film has now been released, and we (and the entire internet, it seems) can't help but notice Sonic's new,...
News Warner Bros. Is Looking For Your Pokémon Detective Pikachu Fan Art To Promote The Movie
Have your artwork featured
If you've so much as looked at the internet over the last few days, you're probably aware that the first official trailer for the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie was released recently. On the whole, fans seem largely impressed, and Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary are now on the hunt for the most eager fans of them...
News A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Character Models And Props From The Pokémon Detective Pikachu Movie
Up close and personal
The newly-released trailer for the Pokémon: Detective Pikachu movie has sparked a great deal of interest from fans of the franchise, avid moviegoers, and pretty much everyone in between. With fans already discussing every second of the trailer, even finding a hilariously disturbing difference in the German version, it's clear...
Random Detective Pikachu's German Voice Is Creeping People Out, And For Good Reason
"Pika pika"
If you've finally managed to contain your excitement after seeing the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie trailer reveal the other day, then we're very sorry to thrust it back into your eyeballs for another experience you won't forget in a hurry. Today, friends, we're going to meet the German version of Detective Pikachu, and then probably...
News "Realistic Pokémon" Artist Landed Detective Pikachu Movie Job After Being Discovered On Google
A dream come true
A little under 24 hours ago, the internet buckled under the pressure of excitement, confusion, disgust, wonder, and more, all experienced by Pokémon fans who had seen the new Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie trailer. The realistic CGI left many seriously impressed - often after an initial dose of shock - as we've never really seen...
Video The Pokémon Detective Pikachu Movie's First Official Trailer Has Landed
We weren't expecting this...
The first official trailer for the upcoming Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie has officially arrived, giving us our very first look at the film in action. As you can see above, the trailer gives us a good look at how the Pokémon have been adapted to work on the big screen alongside their human counterparts, with...
"Hyper-realistic" CGI Pokémon
If you're a fan the Pokémon franchise, you're probably aware that a new movie based on the 3DS game Detective Pikachu is set to hit cinemas next year. You might also be aware that movies based on video games are notorious for being pretty terrible, with the majority of silver screen adaptation attempts now rightfully...
Random Brie Larson Reveals She Wants To Make A Metroid Movie After Dressing As Samus For Halloween
We'd give it a watch
If there's one Nintendo franchise that has the potential to create a genuinely good movie, it's Metroid; with the space wars, aliens, and a lone, mysterious hero at its core, the series seems like a decent fit for a silver screen adaptation. Of course, we've already heard that the Metal Gear movie director Jordan Vogt-Roberts...
News Monster Hunter Movie's Milla Jovovich Shares New On-Set Photo To Reassure "Worried" Fans
More pics to come
Last week brought with it our first glimpse of the upcoming Monster Hunter movie tie-in, with an image of one of the central characters, Sergeant Marshall (played by Diego Boneta), being shared alongside a handful of plot details. To say that the initial reception was concerned would be putting it mildly, despite the fact that his...
News Try Not To Get Too Angry At The First 'Hero' Shot From The Upcoming Monster Hunter Movie
It's not as bad as it seems, honest
We're getting a Monster Hunter live-action movie soon - and if you have any experience of movies based on popular video games, that sentence should fill you with a sense of trepidation. The process of transforming games into films hasn't been a smooth one for many projects - Street Fighter,
Video Here's The Full Theatrical Trailer For Pokémon The Movie: The Power Of Us
Fortunes can change like the wind
If you've been keeping up with the Pokémon movies, you'll know the next one is out this November in both the US and UK. After a name change from Pokémon: Everyone's Story to Pokémon The Movie: The Power of Us, the focus has been on the initial trailer and plot. The Pokémon Company has now released the full...
News Pokémon The Movie: The Power Of Us Will Hit UK Cinemas In November And December
Gotta watch it all
Pokémon The Movie: The Power Of Us, the latest movie in the anime franchise, is set to appear in UK cinemas later this year. The movie, which tells a new story of Ash and Pikachu as they team up with a whole range of characters to face unique challenges and thrilling Pokémon battles, was originally released in Japan in July...
News Pokémon: Everyone's Story Gets US Release Date, Trailer And Brand New Name
Pokémon: The Power of Us
The latest Pokémon movie (known as Pokémon: Everyone's Story in Japan) has received a bunch of new announcements surrounding its western release, with release dates being given for the US, and even a brand new name for the movie itself. The movie will now be called Pokémon: The Power of Us, no doubt referring to...
News The Detective Pikachu Movie Has Switched Hands From Universal To Warner Bros.
As part of a larger deal
The upcoming Detective Pikachu movie has reportedly switched distribution studios, with Warner Bros. taking over from Universal. This move is part of a larger deal that is expected to see all movies from Legendary Entertainment‘s current line-up with Universal heading back to Warners - the studio with which Legendary...
News Metal Gear Movie Director Shares His Ideas About A Potential Legend Of Zelda Film
Link would be a silent protagonist
It was only last week we heard the director of the Metal Gear movie, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, talk about his crazy ideas for a potential Metroid film. Now, during an interview with IGN on its Comic-Con live show, he's revealed how he would approach a movie about
News Metal Gear Movie Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts Wants To Make A "Crazy" Metroid Movie
Yes please!
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the man who is currently directing a Metal Gear movie adaptation, has discussed his "crazy" ideas for a potential Metroid movie. Vogt-Roberts' love for video games is pretty obvious - not only is he working on a Metal Gear film, but his latest release, Kong: Skull Island, was littered with video game references,...
News Pokémon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Releases in 2019
"Who am I? What am I?"
Though the Pokémon series will always be a video game franchise first and foremost, the anime is arguably the second most important pillar, following the adventures of Ash Ketchum and his ill-fated quest to try winning a Pokémon league. The first movie based on the anime was Pokémon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, and...
News Pokémon Art Style Gets Fresh Look In The New Movie, Pokémon: Everyone’s Story
What? Pokémon is evolving!
On July 13th, the latest instalment in the long-running Pokémon feature film series will premier in Japan -- along with a fresh animation style for fans to catch. Pokémon: Everyone’s Story takes a dramatic turn towards a more Ghibli-esque appearance, seen in the beautiful new poster tweeted out by the film’s...
News So The Live-Action Detective Pikachu Movie Looks... Interesting?
It's elementary
Late last year we reported that work had begun on a live-action movie for Detective Pikachu, which is due to come to the silver screen on 10th May, 2019. Brought to us by Rob Letterman, the director behind 2010's Gulliver's Travels starring Jack Black... who knows how this is going to turn out. However, with talented...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Will Race To Theaters in 2019
Beating Mario to the screen
It seems like it’s been ages since we first heard that SEGA was working on producing a big-budget Sonic the Hedgehog movie, but production has very steadily been moving along over all this time. The last major news about the project was that Paramount had brought it back from the brink and would be handling the...
News The Detective Pikachu Movie Has Received a Release Date
Let’s see how this works out
Last week, we received the news that Ryan Reynolds would be voicing the starring role of Detective Pikachu in the upcoming movie. Following on from previous news, it seems that the film has more or less filled out its cast and is nearing the production phase of development. To back this up, word has recently broken...
News Ryan Reynolds Will Provide the Voice of Detective Pikachu
Super effective?
Production on the upcoming live-action Detective Pikachu movie has been progressing at a slow and steady rate, but the actor behind the titular role has been kept tightly under wraps until now. The running joke on the internet was that Danny DeVito should be the one, but it would of course be fascinating to see who would be picked...
News The Lead Role for the Detective Pikachu Movie Has Been Cast
Justice for all
Fans have been pretty vocal over their shock at Pikachu’s sudden speaking role in the new animated Pokémon movie, but that certainly isn’t the first time that we’ve heard of the little yellow mouse thing talking. A live action Pokémon movie—Detective Pikachu—is currently in the pre-production process, and it seems like...
News Detective Pikachu Movie Will Start Filming In London In January
Not long to go!
It seems like a lifetime ago that we first found out about the Detective Pikachu movie; over a year has passed since Legendary Pictures secured the rights to the franchise. The project finally seems to be going ahead, though, as a production listing for the movie has been created stating that filming will begin on January 15, 2018 in...
News The Sonic Movie is Now Being Produced by Paramount
Sony gave it up
It seems that the upcoming live action/CGI Hollywood Sonic movie has been toiling around in development hell for quite some time, but every now and then it makes a little bit of progress forward. Though it doesn’t sound like it’s going to actually be happening anytime soon—definitely not in time for that ‘2018’ release...
News The Mega Man Movie Has Begun the Early Stages of Production
Script is in the process of being written now
For quite a while now, there’s been plenty of talk about the Mega Man movie which has been in and out of development hell. This past summer, however, some meaningful progress was made this summer as the project reportedly picked up its writers and directors. Their inclusion has now been confirmed and...
News 20th Century Fox’s Mega Man Movie Creeps Closer to Production
Directors are in final talks
With perhaps a few exceptions that have been so-so, movies based on video game properties have almost consistently been terrible adaptations. Perhaps this is due to how an interactive medium doesn’t translate to smoothly to one which is strictly visual, but even more plot-driven franchises like Assassin’s Creed have...
News The Latest Pokémon Movie Is Ditching Two Of The Franchise's Most Famous Characters
Written out of history
There are three things you can be sure of in life: death, taxes and a new Pokémon movie every few years. The next cinematic outing for the juggernaut than is the Pokémon brand - subtitled "I Choose You!" - is getting hyped up in Japan at present, and seeks to re-tell the famous Indigo League series - which is...
News Even After 10 Years, Billy Mitchell Still Hasn't Seen King Of Kong
"On the souls of my children, I haven’t watched it"
It's hard to believe that The King of Kong is a decade old now. A seminal work in the history of video game movies, it presented a thrilling David and Goliath tale which focused on humble schoolteacher Steve Wiebe's dream of being the world high score holder for Nintendo's arcade smash Donkey...
Random China Is Getting A Live-Action Contra Movie
Because why not
Movies based on video games have a habit of being somewhat inconsistent; for every decent effort there are countless terrible examples which totally fail to live up to the promise of the source material. We'll let you decide which camp the upcoming Contra flick will fall into. The script - by Beijing Starlit Movie and TV...
News Wreck-It Ralph 2 Gets a New Name and a Release Date
Now loading...
Wreck-It Ralph was one of the stand-out animated movies of 2012, following the adventures of an arcade video game villain through various game worlds. As expected, there was plenty of fan service to be found, with cameos and references galore, and we're about to get a whole lot more next year in Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It...
News The Altered Beast And Streets of Rage Movies You Never Knew You Wanted Are On Their Way
Rise from your couch
Way back in 2014 we reported that various Sega properties were being considered for TV and even movies. It sounds like these projects are one step closer to becoming a reality as two classic Sega properties - Altered Beast and Streets of Rage - have been added to the slate of Circle of Confusion (Fear The Walking Dead) and...
News The Man Behind Goosebumps And Monsters Vs. Aliens Is Directing The Detective Pikachu Movie
Say hello to Rob Letterman
Legendary Entertainment has confirmed that Rob Letterman will be directing the live-action Pokémon movie Detective Pikachu. Letterman has helmed projects such as Goosebumps, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Gulliver's Travels and Shark Tale, the latter of which he wrote as well as directed. He is also currently attached to a new...
Video Explaining The Hot Mess That Was The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur
Our good chum The Gaming Historian is back, this time bringing us a detailed and insightful look at the train wreck that was 1993's The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Billed as Nintendo's first step into the world of Hollywood after dominating the gaming sector, it famously cost $48 million to...
News Steve Carell In Talks To Star In Forthcoming Minecraft Movie
Kinda funny
Funnyman Steve Carell is close to signing on for Warner's upcoming cinematic adaption of the popular video game Minecraft, according to Variety. Carell is perhaps most famous for starring in the American version of The Office, and has been in several big Hollywood movies since then, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Evan Almighty,...
