Pokemon: Detective Pikachu Sequel Introduced With Portlandia Creator

It is occurring, guys. We had been promised information was on the horizon for Pokemon’s live-action future, and the groups at Warner Bros. Discovery and Legendary Leisure have delivered. Pokemon: Detective Pikachu simply confirmed it is going to be releasing its sequel as deliberate, and the film has locked in director Jonathan Krisel to supervise the mission. In line with deadline, the filmmaker is in talks to direct the sequel whereas Chris Galleta writes the script.

In fact, this data comes weeks after Legendary Leisure supplied up an update on the Pokemon franchise. It wasn’t way back the corporate mentioned the sequel was nonetheless within the works, and this announcement comes years after the mission was introduced. Again in Could 2019, ComicBook.com realized the live-action sequence was increasing with a sequel. Now, it appears work is moving forward on Detective Pikachu 2, and the query stays how its story will form up.

Within the first film, Detective Pikachu was overseen by director Rob Letterman with stars Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, and Kathryn Newton main the cost. Following its launch, the film earned greater than $430 million on the world field workplace, and it did obtain constructive critiques throughout. Nonetheless, many followers questioned how the film paved manner for extra content material. In spite of everything, the movie’s schtick centered round Reynold’s tackle Pikachu, however that model of the character was resolved by the tip of Detective Pikachu. However after all, Rhyme Metropolis is a sprawling place, and there should be extra mysteries for our heroes to unravel.

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