whether you like it or not Pokemon GO is in the center of attention at the moment, the game developed by Niantic in partnership with Nintendo succeeding in conquering not only the 4 countries in which it was launched, but the whole world, its international launch being delayed due to the fact that Nintendo's servers cannot cope the very high traffic generated by players.
The success Pokemon GO also attracted the attention of those from Legendary Pictures, the production studio that brought The Dark Knight and Warcraft series to the big screens, its representatives being close to concluding a partnership with the owners of the Pokemon franchise to produce a series of feature films.
Yes, you read that right, Pokemon could reach the big screens all over the world, the idea of producing a movie based on the characters of the famous franchise is not new, but the success Pokemon GO convinced more important studios to consider an investment in such a film, and those from Legendary Pictures seem to be close to concluding an agreement.
Warner Bros. and Sony were interested earlier this year in buying the rights to produce a film based on the Pokemon franchise, but it seems that they did not offer as much money as Legendary Pictures, their success with The Dark Knight series or Warcraft giving great confidence for the release of a Pokemon movie that will be successful.
After Nintendo's $9 billion 25% stock price jump following the launch of the Pokemon Go mobile game in the US, all Hollywood has renewed the chase for a deal to turn Pokemon into a feature film. I'm told that Legendary Pictures is moving towards a deal to land the rights to make a live-action film based on the decades-old pocket monster game from Japan.
This year the first Angry Birds movie was released and it was based on a game for mobile terminals that generated billions of downloads, Pokemon GO will be the second very successful game that will benefit from a translation on the big screens , and Asians will be extremely interested in seeing it in cinemas.
