Overview
- The Pokémon Company unveiled Pokémon: Wild Card during the closing ceremony of the 2026 World Championships, showing a short teaser that ends with the line “coming 2027 and beyond.”
- The film centers on a Pokémon Trading Card Game player paired with Mimikyu, marking the franchise’s first movie to foreground the TCG rather than the longrunning anime protagonist.
- Katsuhiko Kitada is directing, Akemi Hayashi provides character design, Story Inc. is producing and CloverWorks is handling animation, all of which were confirmed at the reveal.
- The movie is slated for a worldwide theatrical rollout in 2027 but the exact release dates, voice cast and full plot details have not yet been announced.
- Industry coverage notes this project is the first theatrical Pokémon film in seven years and that the TCG focus, plus the teaser’s “and beyond” phrasing and other 2027 releases, could signal a wider multi‑platform push for the franchise.