Legendary Entertainment and The Pokémon Company announced on Thursday that Legendary Entertainment’s film division Legendary Pictures has acquired the live-action film rights for the Pokémon franchise.
The Hollywood Reporter reported in April that Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros., and Sony were engaged in an auction for the rights.
Warner then released Pokemon 2000 – The Movie and 2001’s Pokemon 3 – The Movie.
Warner already released several of the animated Pokémon films, starting with Pokemon: The First Movie in North American theaters in 1999.