Release Date Announced For Ryan Reynolds' ‘Detective Pikachu’ Live-Action Movie [Updated]
Update:Detective Pikachuwill hit theaters onMay 10, 2019, according toLegendary Entertainmentand Universal Pictures.
If you ever wanted Deadpool to provide the voice of aPokémoncharacter, today is your lucky day.Ryan Reynoldsis going to beDetective Pikachu, because this is the age we live in. The live-actionPokémonfilm adapted from the video gameGreat Detective Pikachuwill have Reynolds providing the voice of the monster detective. The film will have Pikachu teaming up with some human characters played byJustice SmithandKathryn Newtonfor a mystery centered around a kidnapping. Long live cinema!
The continually strange-sounding live-actionPokémonmovieDetective Pikachujust found its leading man/monster: Ryan Reynolds.The Hollywood Reporterconfirms theDeadpoolstar will provide the voice of Detective Pikachu himself in the upcoming film fromGoosebumpsdirectorRob Letterman. Reynolds joins an ever-growing cast that includesThe Get Down’sJustice SmithandBig Little Lies’Kathryn Newton.
Previous details about Smith and Newton’s characters were vague, but THR has confirmed some new information: Smith’s character’s father is kidnapped, which causes Smith to enlist the help of Detective Pikachu himself to track the kidnappers down. Newton will play a “sassy journalist” who helps them. Hey, everything about this movie sounds strange, folks!
ThePokémongame series has been around since 1990s, spawning multiple sequels, trading cards, an anime series, and more. Last year, the mobile gamePokémon Gobecame a huge hit. But rather than turnPokémon Gointo a film, Legendary and Universal Pictures instead opted to adapt the video gameGreat Detective Pikachuto the big screen. In the game, an intelligent Pikachu moonlights as a detective, solving crimes involving other Pokémon. Pikachu teams-up with a kid named Tim Goodman, who can inexplicably understand what Pikachu is saying. I have no idea if any of this is going to make its way into the film adaptation. In fact, I don’t even knowwhythis is becoming a film, but here we are. Living in the era where Ryan Reynolds provides the voice of Detective Pikachu.
While Reynolds will lend Pikachu his voice, the character will be created via motion capture. Does that mean Reynolds will be slipping on a mo-cap suit to provide the movements of Pikachu? We can only hope.Nicole Perlman(Guardians of the Galaxy) andAlex Hirsch(Gravity Falls) wrote the script forDetective Pikachu, which is due to start filming in London in mid-January. Most of the details about the film are being kept under wraps, because heaven forbid the secrets ofDetective Pikachuescape into the real world.
