| Pocket Monsters | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy |
| Written by | Akiva Goldsman (screenplay) Satoshi Tajiri (story) |
| Starring | Alexander Gould Evan Rachel Wood Matthew Broderick Ikue Ōtani (voice) Bonnie Wright Tom Felton Dan Martin (voice) Emma Watson Billy Zane Tony Oller Eric Idle |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Thomas Ackerman |
| Editing by | William Goldenberg |
| Studio | C2 Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures C2 Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 6 2007 |
| Running time | 218 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Not to be confused with the 1978 motion picture
Pocket Monsters is a 2007 live-action film adaptation of the Pokémon franchise, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Akiva Goldsman. It stars Alexander Gould as Satoshi, a 10-year-old boy who aspires to become the world's greatest Pokémon master. Evan Rachel Wood, Matthew Broderick, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, Emma Watson, Billy Zane, Tony Oller, and Eric Idle also star, while the voices of Pikachu and Nyarth are supplied by Ikue Ōtani and Dan Martin, respectively. The film is a production of C2 Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
Cast of characters[]
| Actor | Role | Mexican Doblaje | Seiyuu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Gould | Satoshi | Gabriel Ramos | Rica Matsumoto |
| Evan Rachel Wood | Kasumi | Xóchitl Ugarte | Mayumi Iizuka |
| Matthew Broderick | Takeshi | Gabriel Gama | Yūji Ueda |
| Ikue Ōtani | Pikachu | Ikue Ōtani | Ikue Ōtani |
| Bonnie Wright | Musashi | Diana Perez | Megumi Hayashibara |
| Tom Felton | Kojiro | José Antonio Mácias | Shin-ichirō Miki |
| Dan Martin | Nyarth | Gerardo Vásquez | Inuko Inuyama |
| Emma Watson | Officer Junsa | Cristina Hernández | Chinami Nishimura |
| Emma Watson | Nurse Joi | Mildred Barrera | Ayako Shiraishi |
| Billy Zane | Sakaki | Alejandro Villeli | Kenta Miyake |
| Tony Oller | Shigeru Orchid | Gerardo de Valle | Yūko Kobayashi |
| Eric Idle | Professor Orchid | Arturo Mercado | Unshō Ishizuka |
| Bridget Fonda | Hanako | María Fernanda Morales | Masami Toyoshima |
| Michelle Williams | Sakura | Christine Byrd | Risa Mizuno |
| Anna Popplewell | Botan | Karla Falcón | Aya Hirano |
| Sienna Miller | Ayame | Leyla Rangel | Noriko Hidaka |
| Tim Curry | Munō | Blas García | Takaya Hashi |
Trivia[]
- Attempts to make this film have occured since 1997, with TriStar Pictures and Lions Gate Films among the top contenders before Hollywood Pictures picked up distribution rights in April of 2003.
- Labon Hester was tapped to be Satoshi but decided to star in Negima! instead.
- This is the only live adaptation of Pokémon to feature the original Japanese voice cast in the Japanese dub; starting with Pocket Monsters: Aim For the Thunder, Masako Katsuki would take over as Satoshi, Aya Hirano as Kasumi, and Daisuke Ono as Takeshi (among other replacements).
Release[]
See also: Pocket Monsters home video releases
The film premiered at a Pokémon theme park in Japan on March 1, 2007. It is notable for a YouTube video where Emma Watson shows off some cool air guitar moves, finishing by saying, "You're all under arrest." Naturally, the audience loved the routine, and the incident is featured in several YouTube Poops. The film was released worldwide on April 6, 2007. The MPAA rated the film PG "for fantasy violence and rude humor, and for some language". The film was released on Betamax, VHS, DVD, and BluRay by Hollywood Pictures Home Video on December 25, 2007.