{"id":95802,"date":"2019-06-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/06\/castlevania_netflix_producer_thinks_pokemon_could_absolutely_explore_more_adult_themes"},"modified":"2019-06-28T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T04:00:00","slug":"castlevania-netflix-producer-thinks-pokemon-could-absolutely-explore-more-adult-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/28\/castlevania-netflix-producer-thinks-pokemon-could-absolutely-explore-more-adult-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Castlevania Netflix Producer Thinks Pok\u00e9mon Could “Absolutely” Explore More Adult Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indian-American film producer Adi Shankar \u2013 known for the Netflix adaptation of Castlevania<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 most recently worked on a Pok\u00e9mon anime parody, titled: The End of Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n

In an interview about the Bootleg Universe Fan Trailer<\/a> with Comicbook.com<\/a>, Adi was asked if he thought a more mature-rated Pok\u00e9mon game would ever have potential. This was his reply:<\/p>\n

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“I guess this speaks to a larger topic, right? It’s not just Pokemon<\/em>, it’s generally how corporations approach intellectual property. Like, does it need to be transpired within the games and within the realm of traditional rating?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Does Power Rangers<\/em> always have to be a kids franchise? Do I think … Pokemon<\/em> as a concept could be used to explore more mature themes? More adult themes? Absolutely, absolutely. Should that exist? I think so.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When asked if he thought Hollywood was “ready to embrace” darker re-imaginings of family-friendly IPs such as Pok\u00e9mon, the producer explained:<\/p>\n

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“You know, I think on some level that kind of already happens. Like, that already kind of happens, right? Batman vs. Superman,<\/em> the original take on Justice League<\/em>, you know. If you look at the franchises that were around like 70 years ago? They have been reinterpreted. And it’s not always to a dark, gritty lens, right? We can look at Batman, Superman,<\/em> and Justice League.<\/em> That was heavily inspired by the Frank Miller take on Batman<\/em>. And even on some level the MCU, which is not dark and gritty at all, [has done so too].”
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Would you like to see a darker version of Pok\u00e9mon in the future? Do you think there’s even a chance of such a thing happening? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indian-American film producer Adi Shankar \u2013 known for the Netflix adaptation of Castlevania \u2013 most recently worked on a Pok\u00e9mon anime parody, titled: The End of Pok\u00e9mon. In an interview about the Bootleg Universe Fan Trailer with Comicbook.com, Adi was asked if he thought a more mature-rated Pok\u00e9mon game would ever have potential. This was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}