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Legendary Entertainment and The Pokémon Company have, according to a story today at Variety, found a writing pair for their upcoming live action Detective Pikachu movie in Alex Hirsch and Nicole Perlman. Hirsch is best known for creating the hit Disney XD series Gravity Falls while Perlman has been heavily involved in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since scripting 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy alongside James Gunn.
Announced last month, the Detective Pikachu movie will mark the first ever Pokémon live-action film. The world first met Detective Pikachu through a video game in Japan, and further details of how his story will be told are being kept under wraps for the moment. The film will be fast-tracked for production start in 2017.
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Nineteen animated Pokemon movies have been produced and distributed since 1998, though only five have played in theaters in the United States. Warner Bros. distributed the first three films, which brought in $85 million, $43 million, and $17 million as the domestic box office, respectively.
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