Pocket Monsters are set to hit Netflix again in series form. The streaming giant is preparing a series of live – action – shots of Pokémon, the famous colored bugs imagined by the Japanese Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, revealed this Monday Variety exclusively.
The project is only at the beginnings, the main lines of the story have not been revealed for the moment. Sources say Joe Henderson is writing and producing. The latter is currently showrunner of the Netflix series Lucifer, whose sixth and final season is about to air. This new series would be close to the film Pokémon Detective Pikachu, starring Ryan Reynolds released in 2019.
Netflix has already adapted the Japanese manga Death Note as a live-action feature film. The platform also announced similar adaptations of One piece and Cowboy Bebop.