Pokemon

Pokemon: The Movie is an upcoming 2023 American-Japanese animated science fiction adventure film based on both the popular video game franchise of the same name and the anime film series.

Directed by Peter Ramsey and co-directed by Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart (who co-wrote both the story and screenplay for the film) from a story by Ramsey himself and Mary Parent and screenplay by Jack Donaldson and Derek Elliott, with Shigeru Miyamoto, Mary Parent, Hidenaga Katakami, Don McGowan and Ali Mendes producing. Allison Abbate, Alex Hirsch, Tsunekasu Ishihara, Cale Boyter and Chris Renaud are executive producing the film. Catherine Apple is the film's editor, with Craig Kellman being the character designer of the film. Alexandre Desplat composes the score for the film, making its first collaboration with Ramsey since DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians (2012).

Originally scheduled to be released in Japan on June 10, 2022 and in North America on June 24, 2022 by Universal Pictures, the film is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in its continuous way (also as part of Donkey Kong Enterprises' continuous deal with Warner Bros. for the first two-to-four select Nintendo MovieToons films after they did with Pokémon: Detective Pikachu) on August 11, 2023 in Japan and on August 25, 2023 in the United States, with Universal Pictures distributing the film in its eventual way, though it will not be involved in the film. The film is set for its release in the United Kingdom and Ireland on September 1, 2023.

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Following the success of Pokémon Detective Pikachu in May 2019, Nintendo announced plans to create a new $767 billion conglomerate entertainment value by designing its concept called The Sonic & Donkey Kong Company, which will focus on multiple movies, television, online games and mobile entertainment products. The company was established from the merger of Nintendo and Sega Sammy Group on February 1, 2021 (in the meantime, the company describes itself as "the new home of Super Smash Bros.") and began acquiring companies such as Pathé, the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments Ltd., The Jim Henson Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and finally currently moving forward with the acquisition of NBCUniversal's assets in 2022, including Universal Pictures, as well as rights to a variety of films selected that did not originate from The Sonic & Donkey Kong Company, which began to establish itself developing 176 productions since its inception on February 1, 2021.

In September 2019, Nintendo announced that he would be taking on Liam Mulvena (then known as KirbyGorillaz Fanatic2020 and now known as KeroroClaptrap PikachuAnimations), who watched all 100 Pokémon episodes and enjoyed playing ten games, which Liam Mulvena has been earmarked to develop. anime based games. overseas animated feature film for Nintendo of America, which would see the full acquisition of The Pokémon Company between 2020 and 2021. The Fuentes brothers' deal pledged to find an Osaka-based building developing animation technology, starting Nintendo MovieToons to develop a theatrical animated feature film (plus three others, including Metroid, Super Mario Sunshine, and The Mud Monster book originating from The Backyardigans franchise).

Peter Ramsey was hired in April 2021 to direct the Pokémon animated movie with Megan McDonnell, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart penning the Pokémon animated movie script. Sarah Natcheny, Craig Blair, Cage Rogers, Irene Stevens, Michael Lisio Jr., Mark Swint, James Carter Cascato, Jim Malone, Scotty Ray, Matthew Mitler, Lara Sir Rigoles, Rachel Lilith, Lucian Dodge, Tom Wayland, Benjamin Becker, Todd Haberkorn, David Willis, Shannon Conley, Sean Reyes, Mike Pollock, Marc Thompson, Theresa Buchheister, Billy Bob Thompson and Simona Berman are slated to reprise their roles, while Eric Stonestreet, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Ray Stevenson, Cobie Smulders, Stephen Wright, Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal and Jeremy Sisto are set to join the cast.

On May 1, 2021, The Sonic & Donkey Kong Company announced the start of production on Pokémon: The Movie, with a Japanese release on June 10, 2022 and a North American release on June 24, 2022. Universal Pictures from Comcast (later acquired on January 1, 2023 as part of The Sonic & Donkey Kong Company, which will acquire the assets of Comcast and NBCUniversal, spinning off NBC and its assets into a corporate company officially named NBC Inc.) is ready to distribute the movie. It was later announced that Universal Pictures, Illumination, and Nintendo were developing The Super Mario Bros. Movie, set for release on April 7, 2023, with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (co-produced by its animation partner, DreamWorks Animation) will be released on December 21, 2022.

On December 1, 2021, The Sonic & Donkey Kong Company announced that Sega Sammy Animation had grown with the release of the full-length theatrical animated film based on the Puyo Puyo series, "Puyo Puyo: The Movie, originally set for a Japanese release on September 9, 2022 and a North American release on September 23, 2022, before being pushed back to a Japanese release on October 28, 2022 and a North American release on November 4, 2022. 2022, switching release dates with Sega's film adaptation of Yakuza'' (which was originally scheduled for a Japanese release on October 28, 2022 and a North American release on November 4, 2022) on New Year's Eve 2022. Sonic & Donkey Kong Company reworked the Metroid movie as a live-action one. The Sonic & Donkey Kong Company announced that Warner Bros. has set out to co-finance Pokémon: The Movie, and their faith Release dates were changed to its Japanese release on June 2, 2023 and its US release on June 16, 2023, which was taken over by Sega Sammy Animation's "Tama".

On July 24, 2022, Sega Sammy Animation was renamed Sega Animation Studios, whose first film will be Puyo Puyo: The Movie, and Pokémon: The Movie was pushed back to its final release date of August 11, 2023. in Japan and on August 25, 2023 in the US, and its release date in