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News Detective Pikachu Movie Director Reveals Idea Behind The Project
Electric
Last time we heard about the live action movie adaptation for Detective Pikachu was at the end of July when it switched distribution studios. At this weekend’s Pokémon World Championships, The Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara revealed the movie would be titled Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and showed a...
News Ben Schwartz Reveals He Will Voice Sonic The Hedgehog In Upcoming Movie
He loves iconic blue characters from the '90s
Sonic is a cool hedgehog with plenty of attitude. Over the years, he’s become known for being a bit of a radical, with his edgy-sounding voice. Yesterday we heard Jim Carrey would star in the live-action hybrid as Dr. Robotnik and now actor and comedian Ben Schwartz, has acknowledged an article...
News Jim Carrey Confirms He Will Be Playing Dr. Robotnik In Upcoming Sonic Movie
The rumours were true
During the month of June news was circulating the Canadian-American actor and comedian, Jim Carrey, would take on the role of the evil Dr. Robotnik in Paramount Pictures’ Sonic The Hedgehog movie due out at some point next year. At the time it was just a rumour, but it’s since been confirmed by Deadline Hollywood with a...
News Minecraft Movie Delayed After Director Leaves Project
Under reconstruction
Troubled production cycles for movies based on popular video game franchises is seemingly ongoing. Minecraft: The Movie is now the latest one with problems, following Warner Bros. acquisition of Detective Pikachu. The film originally revealed by the game's creator Notch in 2014, when he posted about Mojang's partnership...
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...
Rumour Jim Carrey In Negotiations To Play Dr. Robotnik In Upcoming Sonic Movie
Hilarity ensues
News surfacing about Paramount Pictures’ Sonic The Hedgehog movie continues to shock and surprise, with the latest development being the Canadian-American actor and comedian, Jim Carrey, is allegedly in talks to take on the role of Sonic’s arch-nemesis, Dr. Robotnik. According to Deadline Hollywood, Carrey's villainous character...
News Westworld’s James Marsden Will Star In Live-Action Sonic The Hedgehog Movie
Gotta sign on fast
Video game movies currently seem to be experiencing somewhat of a renaissance in Hollywood, with the live-action Detective Pikachu film starring Ryan Reynolds due to arrive next year on the silver screen on 10th May, followed by the “Sonic The Hedgehog Movie” scheduled for release on 15th November. With Sonic’s film now
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 Nintendo is Close to a Major Deal for a New Mario Bros. Movie
An animated movie this time
Over recent years Nintendo's been making a major effort to expand its commercial efforts - there's been merchandise and various tie-ins, most notably plans for a Universal Studios Japan attraction. That deal with Universal seems to have led to further opportunities, with The Wall Street Journal (paywall
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 Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You to Get Limited Theatrical Release in the West
Screenings on 5th and 6th November
The Pokémon Company is in a particularly strong position with its brand at present, and no doubt has high hopes for Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You; it's already been released in Japan (topping charts in the process) and it's now confirmed there'll be a limited theatrical release in the West. The Pokémon...
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,...
News Upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Gets a New Executive Producer
Oh, boy…
As many of you are no doubt aware, there seems to be something of a curse on film adaptations of video games. It seems that very few of these types of movies are commercial successes and even fewer are critical success, due to a variety of factors. While arguably no company has managed to crack this problem yet, Sega's going to be taking...
News Pokémon: The First Movie Confirmed for Special Showings in the US
Just $5, too
It seems like we've been typing 'Pokémon' a lot, so we'll just have to keep things moving. This time the focus isn't on the next generation of the game series or a certain demo, but on some nostalgic theatre screenings planned in the US. The Pokémon Company has teamed up with over 200 Cinemark theatres to run screenings of Pokémon:...
Movie looks set to be Legendary
The Pokémon brand is so hot right now thanks to the incredible success of Pokémon GO, so the race is on to produce the live-action Pokémon movie while the hype train is running at full steam. Legendary Entertainment is partnering with The Pokémon Company to launch the first live-action Pokemon film franchise with...
News Legendary Pictures Has Secured the Film Rights to Pokémon
And the first movie is… Detective Pikachu
A few months back, there were rumours of multiple film companies battling it out for the rights to produce silver screen films based on Nintendo's popular Pokémon franchise. Things quieted down for a bit, but the dust got kicked up again in more recent times with the runaway success of Pokémon GO. Now,...
News Upcoming Tetris Movie is Confirmed to be the First in a Trilogy
"The story we conceived is so big"
When news emerged earlier this year that there'd be a Tetris movie, bemusement seemed like a fair reaction. How do you compose a narrative and movie out of this particular iconic game? Back then producer Larry Kasanoff - whose credits include work on films like True Lies - spoke of the film having a surprise...
News Super Mario Movie Director Talks Hopper Headaches And Wanting DeVito But Getting Hoskins
"We really thought we’d end up walking"
While the Super Mario Bros. movie has gone down as something of a cult classic with Nintendo fans, its production was troubled, reviews were uniformly terrible and it bombed at the box office. Director Rocky Morton had to deal with a shifting script, difficult actors and a studio which kept interfering, and...
News A Tetris Movie is in the Making
And, of course, it will be a trilogy
It could certainly be argued that the original Game Boy owes a large chunk of its initial success to Tetris. Released as a pack-in game with every Game Boy, the simple yet addictive falling block game took the world by storm, instantly cementing itself as a large piece of gaming history. Tetris has sold hundreds...
News Nintendo is Getting Into the Movie Business
Please don't mess it up, please don't mess it up…
For decades now, movie adaptations of video games have been "cursed" to mediocrity. While some video game movies have done pretty well at the box office, it generally seems like they're not very well received critically and usually fizzle out fairly quickly. Of course, Nintendo contributed to this...
News Assassin's Creed Movie Trailer Leaps Out Of The Shadows And Into The Spanish Inquisition
Didn't expect that
The first trailer for the Hollywood adaptation of Ubisoft's popular Assassin's Creed has been published online. Starring Michael Fassbender, Jeremy Irons and Ariane Labed, the film appears to be based on the first Assassin's Creed game, although the setting has been shifted to Spain during the infamous Spanish Inquisition. While...
News Sega's Shinobi Series Is Getting The Big Screen Treatment
Yo Joe
Sega's iconic Shinobi franchise is being turned into a Hollywood movie, Deadline is reporting. Shinobi began life as an arcade release in 1987 and spawned several sequels, including Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi III on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis and - more recently - Shinobi on t
Rumour The Pokémon Company Plans to Make a Big-Budget Live-Action Pokémon Movie
Too good to be true?
The Pokémon cartoon has been very successful on television in all territories, capturing the minds of viewers young and old. Each year, there is also one new Pokémon movie that usually centers around a particular legendary or special Pokémon, but these are usually fairly small scale releases. Outside of Japan, these Pokémon...
News There's Another Resident Evil CGI Movie in Development
V for Vendetta
As some of you may be aware, the Resident Evil series has had some extensive forays into films. While the live-action ones certainly haven't done too well critically, the two CGI films – Resident Evil: Degeneration and Resident Evil: Damnation – were at least received a little more warmly. Perhaps in an effort to make the best of...
News More Details Emerge Around the Upcoming Minecraft Movie
Producer claims that it'll be aimed at the Jurassic World audience
Minecraft has gone on to become quite a success, spawning countless multimedia spinoffs, not to mention the fact that it's one of the best-selling games of all time. Of course, it was inevitable that there would be a movie made about it someday, and while the upcoming film is still...
"That was a huge risk for Marvel, but they did it and look at them now"
Two leading Hollywood producers are of the opinion that Nintendo should get into movies on its own terms, emulating the trailblazing approach taken by comic giant Marvel. Dissatisfied with outside attempts to adapt its properties for the big screen, Marvel put the rights to ten...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Confirmed For 2018 Release
Sony Pictures making a live-action and animation hybrid
We reported that Sony Pictures is working on a Sonic movie back in 2014, but things have gone a bit quiet since then. However, thanks to a recent interview with Sega Sammy Holdings President and CEO Hajime Satomi, we now know that the film will be arriving on silver screens in 2018: Sega...
Higher ticket sales, but lower takings
The world may be gripped by Star Wars fever at the moment but in Japan, the most-seen movie didn't feature lightsabers or X-Wings, but mischievous ghosts and magical timepieces. More tickets were sold for Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! than Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but due to...
News Rush Hour Director Lining Up Hollywood Drama Based On Tetris Creator Alexey Pajitnov
It's all falling into place
While we've had movies based on video games in the past, there seems to be a current trend for films which are about gaming rather than taking a property like Street Fighter or Super Mario Bros. and using the plot as a basis for a popcorn-based entertainment. The acclaimed documentary King of Kong arguably paved the way,...
News Activision Blizzard Has Just Opened a TV and Film Studio
Skylanders and Call of Duty are first up
Activision has no shortage of big hitter video game franchises, but it's a fairly safe bet that Skylanders and Call of Duty are the biggest successes to come from the company. It seems that Activision wants to continue to hit new heights and has just recently announced that it's opening Activision Blizzard...
Video Jessica Chobot Is Samus Aran In This Lavish Fan-Made Metroid Short
In space, no one can hear you turn into a morph ball
Let's face it - Metroid would make a brilliant movie. A strong female lead, sinister alien forces and entire universe to explore; the franchise is ripe for the Hollywood treatment. Perhaps one day it will happen, but for now we'll have to take this stunning fan-made short, which stars video gaming...
