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[[File:BB logo en.png|''[[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'' logo|thumb|250px|right]]An A '''Untitled Bakugan Movie''' {{Unofficial}} is a project that has been teased throughout the history of the franchise, though no results have ever been produced.
==History==
In December 2010, an announcement was made that a live-action [[Bakugan Battle Brawlers|Bakugan]] film was in the works as a joint project between Universal Pictures and Spin Master Ltd. The director was announced as [[wikipedia:Harald Zwert|Harald Zwert]], with [[wikipedia:Scott Stuber|Scott Stuber]] and Spin Master's Ronnen Harary as producers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090201050455/http://www.bakugan.com/en/news/index.html"UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND STUBER PRODUCTIONS JOIN FORCES WITH LEADING TOY AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY SPIN MASTER LTD TO BRING BAKUGAN BATTLE BRAWLERS TO THE BIG SCREEN", Bakugan.com]</ref><ref>http[https://web.archive.org/web/20121230072757/https://movieswww.ign.com/articles/1142010/1141932p1.html12/24/zwart-brawls-with-bakugan-movie "Zwart Brawls With Bakugan Movie", ''IGN'']</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220915235713/https://www.thewrap.com/exclusive-harald-zwart-attached-direct-universals-bakugan-23376/"Exclusive: Harald Zwart Attached to Direct Universal’s ‘Bakugan’", ''The Wrap'']</ref> No further information or news was given about the movie.
In Spin Master's Q4 2017 financial results conference call, while discussing the [[Bakugan Battle Planet|2019 Bakugan franchise reboot]], Harary stated that the company is "also working on ... potentially trying to get a movie out in the next few years."<ref>http[https://spinmasterweb.comarchive.org/web/20250207181329/https://assets.ctfassets.net/r3qu44etwf9a/download2w6Bj2xJIbjBev1MYpXwIR/Spin MasterCorp2fca2313d16f227e26150f2c11c7d26a/SpinMasterCorp.Q42017FinancialResultsConferenceCallMarch_8_2018.pdfSpin Master Corp. Q4 2017 Financial Results Conference Call]</ref>
During an interview in 2022, Jason Deline stated that during the final years of the Generation 1 series, Spin Master considered making a live action movie of the franchise featuring a CGI model of Drago. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeA6vnkBQsE&t=785s&ab_channel=BakuTalkHaruRen"Jason Deline on voicing Dragonoid in Legacy & Reboot, wanting a Baku-universe crossover, & more!", Haru Ren]</ref> On February 6th, 2025, ''Deadline'' published an article claiming [[Spin Master]] and director Brad Peyton were collaborating on a live action Bakugan movie.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250206213949/https://deadline.com/2025/02/bakugan-movie-brad-peyton-1236280508/ "‘Bakugan’ Live-Action Pic In The Works With Spin Master & Brad Peyton Directing, Writing & Producing", ''Deadline'']</ref>
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