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Netflix releases trailer for Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution

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Netflix has released a trailer for the upcoming animated feature Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, which arrives on the streaming service next month. The movie marks the 22nd instalment in Pokemon’s film series and is a CG remake of 1998’s animated adventure Pokemon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back; check out the trailer here… When […]

Pokémon Go player shares his story on how gaming changed his life

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Niantic, developer of hit augmented reality mobile games Ingress, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and the hugely popular Pokémon GO, has released a new video telling the story of Tommy, a university student whose life has been transformed thanks to the developer’s games. Tommy, a student at Greenwich University, recalls how he felt isolated from the other […]

Pokemon: Detective Pikachu screenwriters Benji Samit & Dan Hernandez | The Writer Experience Podcast #69

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Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience Podcast… In this episode of The Writer Experience, Court and Harry are joined by Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez, screenwriters on this year’s live-action Pokemon: Detective Pikachu movie. Check out the episode here… You can subscribe to The Writer Experience on SoundCloud or your podcast app of choice […]

New Pokémon Sirfetch’d the Wild Duck spotted in the Galar region

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Pokémon Masters get your Pokédex’s primed, for a new Pokémon has been spotted in the Galar region!  The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo have revealed today that Sirfetch’d, the Wild Duck, will be appearing in the highly anticipated upcoming game, Pokémon Sword exclusively for the Nintendo Switch this November. The Farfetch’d of the Galar region […]

Watch the first ten minutes of Pokemon: Detective Pikachu

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Coinciding with its digital release, Warner Bros. has officially debuted the first 10 minutes of the live-action adventure Pokemon: Detective Pikachu which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: Blu-ray Review – Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) “The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out […]

Ryan Reynolds reveals why he wanted to do Pokemon: Detective Pikachu

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Ryan Reynolds has revealed why he wanted to make a PG-rated Pokemon: Detective Pikachu despite recently being more commonly associated with R-rated films such as The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Deadpool. Actors tend to attach their names to movie for several different reasons. To work with a specific director, the quality of the script, if the […]

Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution CG-animated movie gets a new trailer

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Ahead of its Japanese release tomorrow, The Pokemon Company has unveiled a new trailer for Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, the new CG-animated reimagining of 1998’s Pokemon: The First Movie. Check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxN76J9na7E Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is set for release in Japan on July 12th, and an English-language version is slated […]

Pokemon: Detective Pikachu scores biggest video game movie opening ever

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It may have failed to unseat Avengers: Endgame from the top of the box office charts, but Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ Pokemon: Detective Pikachu still enjoyed a very healthy opening this past weekend. Domestically, Detective Pikachu earned $58 million, topping the $47.7 million opening for 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider to score the biggest […]

Video Review – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu

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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, 2019. Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, and Suki Waterhouse. This Friday sees the release of Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, the first ever live-action adaptation of the hugely popular Pokemon franchise. Join our critic EJ Moreno as he breaks down the good […]