Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was a hit, so why is a sequel taking so long?

A bold new vision for live-action Pokémon that promises to capture its true essence could be the adaptation fans have been waiting for.

Charizard is a cage fighter! Jigglypuff is a dive bar singer! Pikachu is a detective, voiced by Ryan Reynolds! And somehow, against everything I’ve ever been taught in this world, it seems to work and ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Gaby Shedwick is a senior author for Collider, joining in December 2023. During her undergraduate Sociology degree at the University of Warwick, she found a real love for horror cinema, writing her ...

It’s amazing that Pokémon Detective Pikachu succeeds as a movie at all, given that it lands in the summer box-office arena with two strikes against it even before it commences: 1) It’s a Pokémon ...

If you’ve been a longtime fan of the Pokémon series but haven’t made your way to the movies, well, you know what we’re going to say. You’ve got to catch ’em all (though there are a few that you could ...