‘Pokémon’ Movie Coming From ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘Gravity Falls’ Writers

Big news on the Pokémon front: It appears that the live-action film adaptation coming from Legendary has found its writers.

According to Variety, Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch are in negotiations to pen a script based on Detective Pikachu. Perlman co-wrote Guardians of the Galaxy with director James Gunn, while Hirsch created Disney’s Gravity Falls.