Four years afterDetective Pikachuproved that a unrecorded - action spin onPokémonwas executable , news of a sequel starringRyan Reynolds ’ electric rodenthas been quieter than a Tandemaus . But , at long last , there ’s been a jounce of life in the project .
Deadlinereports that Portlandia ’s Jonathan Krisel has been tap to direct theDetective Pikachusequel at Legendary , with original director Rob Letterman not returning . Little is known about the sequel , other than the script is being write by Chris Galetta .
The first movie starredDungeons & flying lizard : Honor Among stealer ’ Justice Smith as Tim Goodman , a vernal man estrange from his detective father Harry , until he discovers that while on an probe his dad ’s consciousness has been merge with a Pikachu . It also starredAnt - Man and The Wasp : Quantumania’sKathryn Newton . It ’s currently not known just who among the first moving picture ’s cast could generate , Reynolds ’ nominal Pikachuincluded — although Deadline note that Reynolds will still have “ some part to diddle ” in the subsequence .
Photo: Legendary/Jemal Countess (Getty Images)
We ’ll bring you more on Legendary ’s design for Detective Pikachu 2 as and when we learn them .
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