It’s time to catch ’em all as a result of Pokémon is heading again to the massive display.
The widespread buying and selling card and online game franchise is returning with “Pokémon: Wild Card,” a brand new film releasing worldwide in 2027. The movie was introduced in the course of the closing ceremony of the 2026 Pokémon World Championships, held in San Francisco. A brief teaser additionally gave a quick take a look at the upcoming film, which stars a buying and selling card recreation participant and a ghostly Pokémon named Mimikyu.
The mysterious teaser reveals the buying and selling card recreation participant, who’s wearing a yellow hoodie like Mimikyu. The ghost and fairy kind Pokémon was launched in “Sun” and “Moon,” the seventh technology video games within the “Pokémon” franchise. It crudely disguises itself as a Pikachu, the mascot of the “Pokémon” sequence, however its true type is hidden under the yellow rag that it wears.
Katsuhiko Kitada, who beforehand labored on anime movies and exhibits like “The First Slam Dunk,” “Attack on Titan,” “Naruto: Shippuden” and extra, will direct “Pokémon: Wild Card.” Character design is being dealt with by Akemi Hayashi, who has labored on “Banana Fish,” “Lazarus” and different anime. CloverWorks, the Japanese animation studio behind titles like “Spy X Family,” “Bocchi the Rock” and others, will produce the movie.
“Wild Card” is the primary “Pokémon” film made since 2020’s “Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle,” which was launched theatrically in Japan and worldwide on Netflix in 2021. The final “Pokémon” movie to hit theaters worldwide was 2018’s “Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us,” which acquired a restricted launch by Fathom Events outdoors of Japan.
Next yr will even see the discharge of “Winds” and “Waves,” the tenth technology of “Pokémon” titles. The franchise celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2026.
Watch the teaser under.