# Pokémon: Wild Card film confirmed for global 2027 release

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/pokemon-wild-card-movie-sets-2027-release-date-drops-anime-teaser-starring-trading-card-game-player/
- Published: 2026-08-31T13:37:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-31T19:43:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/pokemon-wild-card-movie-release-date-teaser-1236847050/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film, Gaming

## Key points

- "Pokémon: Wild Card" film confirmed for worldwide 2027 release
- First global theatrical Pokémon movie since 2018
- Directed by Katsuhiko Kitada, produced by CloverWorks studio

## Summary

A new "Pokémon" film, "Pokémon: Wild Card," has been confirmed for worldwide release in 2027, with a short teaser trailer unveiled alongside the announcement. The reveal came during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco, marking the franchise's first new theatrical feature since 2020's "Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle" and its first proper global cinema release since 2018's "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us," which had only a limited Fathom Events run outside Japan.

The teaser focuses on a trading card game player in a yellow hoodie alongside Mimikyu, the ghost/fairy-type Pokémon introduced in "Sun" and "Moon" that disguises itself as Pikachu beneath a ragged costume. Katsuhiko Kitada ("The First Slam Dunk," "Attack on Titan," "Naruto: Shippuden") is directing, with character design by Akemi Hayashi ("Banana Fish," "Lazarus") and production by CloverWorks, the studio behind "Spy X Family" and "Bocchi the Rock." The film arrives in a landmark year for the franchise following its 30th anniversary in 2026, and coincides with the planned launch of "Winds" and "Waves," the next generation of core "Pokémon" video games.

## Coverage

- [Variety: Pokémon: Wild Card film confirmed for global 2027 release](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/pokemon-wild-card-movie-release-date-teaser-1236847050/)
- [Nintendo Life: Pokémon's Trading Card Game Is Getting A Movie In 2027](https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/08/pokemons-trading-card-game-is-getting-a-movie-in-2027)
- [IGN: Pokemon: Wild Card the Movie Announced for 2027](https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-wild-card-the-movie-announced-for-2027)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Pokémon: Wild Card’ Movie Announced for 2027; Teaser Released](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pokemon-wild-card-movie-announced-2027-watch-teaser-1236685585/)

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