Entertainment news source The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Wednesday that Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies) will play the character Lucy in Legendary Entertainment’s planned live-action Pokémon film.
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.
The Hollywood Reporter described Newton’s character as “a sassy journalist who goes on an adventure with the boy [(Justice Smith)].”