After a long-fought bidding war, Legendary Entertainment has finally acquired the rights for a live-action "Pokemon" movie.

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According to Variety, a new "Pokemon" film, titled "Detective Pikachu," has been fast-tracked to start production in 2017. Universal Pictures will distribute the film outside of Japan.

The character of Detective Pikachu -- a talking, mystery-solving version of the iconic Pokemon -- starred in the Japan-only Nintendo 3DS game "Great Detective Pikachu." An English version of the game has been petitioned by fans, with Danny DeVito as the ideal voice actor for Detective Pikachu.

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The announcement of the film comes only two weeks after the launch of the insanely-popular augmented reality game "Pokemon Go." The game was so successful that it rose Nintendo's stock 25%, and earned the company billions of dollars.

No release date has been set for Legendary's "Detective Pikachu."

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