‘Pokémon’ Live-Action Series In Works At Netflix

Legendary has closed a deal with renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato to direct the live-action adaptation of “My Hero Academia (MHA),” the globally acclaimed manga property, Legendary announced on Friday.Sato is one of the most prolific filmmakers in Japan, having most recently directed the critically acclaimed Japanese hit feature film “Kingdom” in 2019 and Netflix’s “Alice in Borderland” series in 2020.

Angelique Jackson Renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (“I Am a Hero,” “Kingdom” and “Alice in Borderland”) has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation of “My Hero Academia” for Legendary.The prolific filmmaker will make his English-language debut with the movie, which is based on the globally acclaimed manga property.

Shinsuke Sato, the director behind the Japanese hit movie Kingdom and it upcoming sequel, is set to make his English-language film debut with My Hero Academia, Legendary’s live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga franchise created by Kohei Horikoshi.

wrote on his personal website in August 2020. “So, I chose to leave the project.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action series at Netflix has found its four series leads.Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, and Dallas Liu have all joined the series. Cormier will star as Aang, with Kiawentiio set to play Katara.

Powerpuff, a live-action series based on the Powerpuff Girls cartoons has lost one of its three lead actors.Chloe Bennet, who was attached to play Blossom, departed after a scheduling conflict meant that she could no longer continue with the show.The pilot for Powerpuff is set to be reshot after not being picked up by its platform The CW for its autumn 2021 schedule.As reported by Variety, the show’s pilot was labelled “a miss” by chief creatives, and so the decision was made to redevelop and

a year of violence against the Asian community, a movie about a white woman going on a murder spree against the Japanese mob was possibly a good idea.“Wait…so the premise is this white girl is seeking revenge on folks who poisoned her because she was trying to kill the head of the Yakuza?” one critic commented in response to the trailer. “Yeah hard pass.” “So a movie where a white woman beats up and kills Asian people.

Sega’s classic RPG series Shining is set for a revival, with a new Shining Force game in development for mobile platforms.Japanese site Gamer.ne.jp says (as spotted by VGC) that developer Hive has licensed the Shining Force IP from Sega and is working on a title tentatively called Shining Force – Heroes of Light and Darkness.

Metroid series.The first Metroid game was released on Nintendo‘s Famicom Disk System in Japan before it made its way to the NES in North America and Europe later in 1987 and 1988 respectively.Taking inspiration from the 1979 sci-fi horror Alien – its main antagonist Ridley likely also named after the film’s director Ridley Scott – Metroid was a darker series compared to Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, starring space bounty hunter Samus Aran as she sets out to the planet of Zebes to retrieve

Josh Groban is taking up hosting duties of the new competition series — based on Nippon TV’s popular game show Sokkuri Sweets set for premiere in August on Roku. Executive produced by Chrissy Teigen, the title was part of now-defunct Quibi’s portfolio acquired by Roku earlier this year.

The Pokémon Company has recreated the iconic and incredibly useful Bicycle from Pokémon Red and Blue.The Bicycle was created to celebrate their Japanese Twitter account Poke_Times reaching a million followers and will be given away to one lucky winner.According to Kataku, hopefuls need to follow @poke_times and use the hashtag ポケモンの100万円じてんしゃ (“Pokémon’s million yen [sic] bicycle”) to stand a chance of winning.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA new Pokemon series is in early development at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.As the project is still in its early days, no details are available about the plot. However, sources say that Joe Henderson is attached to write and executive produce.

Japanese Breakfast has delivered a live cover of Dolly Parton‘s ‘Here You Come Again’ – you can watch it below.Performing last night (July 22) at the National in Richmond, Virginia, the singer-songwriter (real name Michelle Zauner) broke out her cover of Parton’s 1977 hit, which she’s been working on for a while.“I struggle to learn a Dolly Parton cover with three key changes, but boy does it make me happy,” she wrote in her wellness diary for Vanity Fair back in April.

She may be one of the most decorated gymnasts in Olympics history, but when Simone Biles‘ boyfriend, Jonathan Owens, first met her, he had no idea who she was.

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Pokémon as their official Water Ambassador for Water Day on August 1.The water-type Eevee evolution Vaporeon is now the official mascot for Water Day, a Japanese initiative run by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

It has been a long road developing the live-action American remake of the Japanese animated blockbuster, “Your Name.” After years of toiling away in development hell with folks like Erik Heisserer taking shots at the script, it appeared “Your Name” was being fast-tracked with “Minari” filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung recently named as the filmmaker. However, it appears Paramount is going back to the drawing board once again.

Former Love Island winner Greg O'Shea has given fans a glimpse into the strict conditions within the Olympic village in Tokyo.The 26 year old has been proudly documenting his time in Japan since landing earlier this week as he prepares to compete in his first-ever Olympics with his Ireland rugby 7s team.

Former Love Island winner Greg O'Shea couldn't contain his delight as he landed in Tokyo to compete in his first Olympics.The 26 year old Irish heartthrob, who won the dating series in 2019 with his ex-girlfriend Amber Gill, has been proudly documenting his epic journey on his Instagram page. And on Sunday, the professional rugby player beamed as he stood outside the terminal at Dublin Airport with his luggage ahead of his flight to Japan.

Addie Morfoot ContributorGarrett Bradley’s three-part Netflix docuseries about Japanese tennis sensation Naomi Osaka arrives on the streamer at a particularly fraught time in the athlete’s career.Named simply “Naomi Osaka,” it debuts one week before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, where the 23 year old will compete after having recently withdrawn from the French Open and Wimbledon.