The first ever live-action Pokémon movie will be Detective Pikachu

Legendary Pictures and The Pokémon Company are working to deliver a live-action adaptation of Detective Pikachu. The 3DS game was released earlier this year in Japan and features the titular pocket monster as a deerstalker hat-wearing sleuth who works and communicates with humans. Talk of an intensifying bidding war over the franchise's film rights surfaced last week amid the growing and near-universal popularity of Pokémon Go. Now it appears Legendary has