There are very, very few video games that have ever embedded themselves so deeply into pop culture that even people who have never played a game in their life would recognize them. Pokémon is one of those rare beasts. Its popularity has spread far and wide over the last decade, evolving from games to TV shows to movies to toys and pretty much everything in between. Right now it's basically impossible to walk around a city and not be within arm's length of someone playing PokémonGo. It is a legit phenomenon that's endured for years and years and years regardless of its form.
That's why it's a little surprising Hollywood hasn't made a blockbuster movie out of Pokémonyet. Sure, there have been more than a few animated movies over the years, and the first was wildly successful, but most of them have all gone straight to DVD. That's about to change, though. PokémonGo's massive and surprisingly sudden success has once again proven how incredibly viable the property is, causing Legendary Pictures to aggressively pursue live-action rights it had already been chasing since before the game's release. Now,according to THR, they've finally closed the deal.
