Draft:The Great Detective Pikachu
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| The Great Detective Pikachu | |
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| Directed by | Jordan Vogt-Roberts |
| Screenplay by | Chris Galletta |
| Based on | Detective Pikachu by The Pokémon Company |
| Produced by | Mary Parent |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide) Toho (Japan) |
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| Language | English |
The Great Detective Pikachu is an upcoming mystery fantasy comedy film directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, and written by Chris Galletta. Based on the Pokémon franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri and serving as a loose adaptation of the 2016 video game of the same name. It serves as the sequel to the 2019 film Detective Pikachu.
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]In January 2019, months ahead of the release of Detective Pikachu, Legendary Entertainment announced that a sequel was already in development, with Oren Uziel signed on as screenwriter.[1] However, on May 3, 2021, Justice Smith said regarding a potential sequel: "I think we have to just kind of bury our hopes. I don't think it's going to happen. I really hope so though",[2] while in October 2022, Kathryn Newton, admitted to being optimistic about a sequel. In February 2023, it was revealed that the film is still in active development, though Uziel was no longer writing the screenplay.[3]
In March 2023, it was announced that Jonathan Krisel would direct the film, and Chris Galletta would write the screenplay.[4]
In October 2024, 1 TeraByte worth of information from GameFreak were leaked, including the title of the film being The Great Detective Pikachu, and Jordan Vogt-Roberts replacing Krisel as the director of the film, with the release date originally planned for 2024.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Kit, Borys (January 25, 2019). "'Detective Pikachu' Sequel in the Works With '22 Jump Street' Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "Justice Smith on defining a Generation and Detective Pikachu 2". Inverse. May 3, 2021. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ Patches, Matt (February 2, 2023). "Where did Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 2 go?". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (March 3, 2023). "Legendary Taps Jonathan Krisel To Direct 'Pokemon Detective Pikachu' Sequel". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Blake, Vikki. "Pokémon developer Game Freak reels from unprecedented "gigaleak" of "significant internal data"". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on October 11, 2024. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
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- 2020s American films
- 2020s English-language films
- 2020s monster movies
- American detective films
- American films with live action and animation
- American sequel films
- Japanese detective films
- Legendary Pictures films
- Live-action films based on video games
- American children's adventure films
- Films using motion capture
- Pokémon films
- Warner Bros. films
- Toho films
- Upcoming English-language films
- Upcoming sequel films