Live Action Pokemon film trailer?

[Max Payne]

Late last night we received an email via our site contact form including a link to a SendSpace.com account containing a password protected zip file. The password we were provided was "gottacatchemall" and the zip file was named "pokemon_live_action_screener.zip".
At this point we assumed I was about to download a Trojan virus, or something ridiculously awesome. Fortunately it wasn't a Trojan. We'll let you decide what you make of it.
The email we recieved read: [NOTE - We published the senders email because it doesn't seem to work and we assume it's fake or closed]
Quote:
Subject: [News Tip] Pokemon Live Action Movie Trailer Cam
From: [email protected]
Date: September 14, 2010 1:59:19 AM PDT (CA)
Professor Oak sent a message using the contact form at http://www.shogungamer.com/contact.

I've been lurking this site for a while and I wanted to see if you were interested in posting this video I captured tonight. Today after work my friend and I were invited to view a "secret movie trailer screening." We were not told what it would be, but when I got there 30 other people and myself were shown a trailer for a Pokemon live action movie. It was super sketchy but I decided to record the last 30 seconds or so of the trailer which was about 3 min long. The clip is in a zip file and the password is "gottacatchemall." I can't give you much more detail then this. I wasn't supposed to film this, but holy shit it was awesome. I'll be in touch with you guys when I can talk more about it.

[SendSpace.com URL Removed]

~Professor Oak

We attempted to contact the user, but the email provided was obviously fake. Our emails just bounce back and Google searches turned up nothing.
From what we can see, this trailer is pretty well done. I'm sure hard core Poke-nuts will get their panties in a knot over a live adaption. But, I never liked the cartoon. I might go check this out. Let us know what you think.
We have no idea who is behind it, if it's studio funded or just a pitch like the recent Mortal Kombat reboot. There's not really much else we can say, simply because we don't know yet. We'll keep you posted if we are contacted again.
So with that being said, here's a world exclusive look at a mysterious Pokemon live action movie trailer.

http://shogungamer.com/news/live-action-gritty-pokemon-movie-trailer-leaked-shogun-gamer-exclusive

Am I on fucking crazy pills or something?

I feel batshit watching this.

 

[Mariketsu]

holy crapz... a live action Pokemonz movie? Hmm... if it was shown to a secret audience, it's possible it was a trailer... but then again it may have just been a pitch-audience. Still, that's... *points up* what Dacon said.

~ Raz

 

[Makoeyes987]

Oh sweet God in heaven. No. Please God no.

What new low will Hollywood reach next?

Christ can we just skip all the franchise movies and get to putting reality TV on the big screen?

Fast forward through the pretense please, and let's just get to the point where Hollywood fires all original writers and just put commercials and shit on the big screen.

This is retardation beyond anything our dimension could conceive. I seriously think this is like Stephen King's "The Mist," where we somehow...tore a dimensional rift...and now the stupidity of some foreign, alien world is now pouring in to ours...via the movie screen.

My God.

 

[Masamune]

Looks AWESOME! And they've remained faithful to the source material.

 

[Hisako]

http://shogungamer.com/news/live-action-gritty-pokemon-movie-trailer-leaked-shogun-gamer-exclusive

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Nothing says pokemon more than a chick with an assault rifle.

 

[GENESIS]

WTF? g_g

 

[Joe]

That trailer freaked me out far too much o.0

 

[Ryushikaze]

Doesn't even make me bat an eye...

This has all the hallmarks of a satire of 'hollywoodizing' video games and cartoons. Which is awesome.

 

[Interslicery]

Maybe its the absurdity of it, I dunno, but this seems like bull shit to me. If they were goign to make a live action movie they would have done it like in 2000 or '99. Back when pokemon was EVERYWHERE. It's still semi popular now, but not enough to warrant hollywood taking a bite.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Two words and a letter express how i think this film will pan out.

Dragon Ball Z

 

[Dana Scully]

Fake, according to Kotaku.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Looks along the same quality as when ign did the pisstake zelda trailer.

 

[Ryushikaze]

Fake, according to Kotaku.

No offense, but ADOI Kotaku.

Looks along the same quality as when ign did the pisstake zelda trailer.

Which is to say Awesome.

 

[Dana Scully]

No offense, but ADOI Kotaku.

ADOI?

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Which is to say Awesome.

The zelda trailer looked like wank as well
My comment wasn't meant to be perceived as admiration.
Really shitty integrated CG with a lame ass plotline will merely result in a loreal advert with a guy screaming OVER 90000000000000000000000000!!!!

 

[Glaurung]

Since Dragon Ball Evolution I wondered if anyone would be able to surpass the huge fail that said movie was. It would be interesting if someone did.

 

[Tennyo]

What I love about this is how covert everything was. A mysterious email from an anonymous source that was immediately deleted, talking about a spur of the moment secret meeting that only a select few people got to participate in.

It's like a spy movie.

 

[Ryushikaze]

ADOI?

'No duh' more or less. That Kotaku had to announce it as fake... well, that's just disheartening.

The zelda trailer looked like wank as well
My comment wasn't meant to be perceived as admiration.
Really shitty integrated CG with a lame ass plotline will merely result in a loreal advert with a guy screaming OVER 90000000000000000000000000!!!!

If they were doing it seriously, sure. But as a satire, a piss take, it works beautifully.

 

[Max Payne]

'

If they were doing it seriously, sure. But as a satire, a piss take, it works beautifully.

No.

It's terrible. It's a bad joke when the majority of folks don't like it.

 

[Dana Scully]

'No duh' more or less.

Gotcha.

I thought the mock Zelda trailer was a lot a better, tbh.

 

[Cthulhu]

I figured it was fake the moment I saw it. Secret screeners and rumors like this have a tendency to not have worked out CG and logos and things - and if they do, I disagree, so there.

Besides, even Hollywood wouldn't dare to put cute blue baby turtles in a dark action flick with guns and shit.

 

[looneymoon]

I'd probably watch it. And possibly love it

 

[Alessa Gillespie]

It's funny that people have such stigma attached to the word and always picture some woman being taken advantage of by a man followed by years of mental trauma and always picturing the most hideous and revolting male in this role with no redeeming qualities.

remind me never to read comments on kotaku: apparently you can only be raped by ugly people. also nerdrage over the word rape is the most annoying thing ever, it's like hearing some white dude behind a computer screen tell me he can't be racist because he has black friends or some shit.

 

[Mariketsu]

Am I the only person who actually liked DragonBall: Evolution?

I'm also a bit skeptical about this trailer too, it does seem kind of fake-ish, or a joke. the CG looks a bit lacking too, but not much. Idk what to think really lol.

~ Raz