A Live-Action Detective Pikachu Movie is Coming

[Steven Bogos]

A Live-Action Detective Pikachu Movie is Coming

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There's still another chance to cast Danny DeVito as detective Pikachu!

It's no secret that the phenomenal success of get Danny DeVito to do his voice! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/pokemon%20go?os=pokemon+go]

Plot and character details have yet to be revealed, but Legendary hopes to start production in 2017. Universal Pictures will distribute the film internationally except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho Pictures. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Netflix was also interested in the rights.

Meanwhile the Detective Pikachu game, Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Team, came out in Japan this February for 3DS, but hasn't been confirmed for a western release as of yet.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/pokemon-movie-rights-land-at-912400]

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[Naldan]

A live-action one!? Pokemon? And that as a spin-off?

That's bogus, Bogos!

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

How do you go from "electric rat" to "solves crimes"?

 

[jklinders]

How do you go from "electric rat" to "solves crimes"?

Because Japan?

Anyway as ridiculous as it seems to me, I was never the target audience for this stuff. Maybe they will toss in some cartoon/anime style meta joke about a lightbulb going off from an idea that he powers up. Maybe do a Phoenix Wright parody for good measure, the opportunities are endless.

 

[MCerberus]

The possibilities are endless to what it can be

"Forget it, Piks, this is Poketown"
"A Mr. Mime died in New York today"
"You may be wondering if I fired 4 thunders or 5. Do you feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?"
"Yippie-kai-ei Ditto ****er"

 

[Hero in a half shell]

The possibilities are endless to what it can be

"Forget it, Piks, this is Poketown"
"A Mr. Mime died in New York today"
"You may be wondering if I fired 4 thunders or 5. Do you feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?"
"Yippie-kai-ei Ditto ****er"

"Of all the Pokemarts in all the world you had to walk into mine."

"I've got electric type immunity!"
*Throws bucket of water*
"It's just been revoked"

"Max Elixer. Shaken, not stirred"

 

[ShakerSilver]

Forget Danny DeVito, I want James McCaffrey. Make Pikachu a hard-boiled cop with nothing to lose.

It would probably be a better Max Payne movie than the one we already got.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

How do you go from "electric rat" to "solves crimes"?

Apparently the same way we've gone from 'Great Dane', 'Giant family of Asian teen rockers', 'Unfrozen Caveman', 'Spirit from 1776', 'Talking Shark', 'Talking Dune Buggy'.

Kids are dumb and like colorful things doing things.

 

[SirSullymore]

The possibilities are endless to what it can be

"Forget it, Piks, this is Poketown"
"A Mr. Mime died in New York today"
"You may be wondering if I fired 4 thunders or 5. Do you feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?"
"Yippie-kai-ei Ditto ****er"

"Of all the Pokemarts in all the world you had to walk into mine."

"I've got electric type immunity!"
*Throws bucket of water*
"It's just been revoked"

"Max Elixer. Shaken, not stirred"

"The weedle of crime bears bitter fruit!"

"Down these mean routes a mon must go who is not himself mean, who is neither poisoned nor paralyzed."

 

[Clankenbeard]

How do you go from "electric rat" to "solves crimes"?

Apparently the same way we've gone from 'Great Dane', 'Giant family of Asian teen rockers', 'Unfrozen Caveman', 'Spirit from 1776', 'Talking Shark', 'Talking Dune Buggy'.

Kids are dumb and like colorful things doing things.

Good god. They all solved crimes, didn't they? So many meddling kids. My childhood was a sham. Oh well, I consider all of it to be valuable research to keep me out of jail these days.

-Mr. Jenkins
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[Johnny Novgorod]

How do you go from "electric rat" to "solves crimes"?

Because Japan?

Anyway as ridiculous as it seems to me, I was never the target audience for this stuff. Maybe they will toss in some cartoon/anime style meta joke about a lightbulb going off from an idea that he powers up. Maybe do a Phoenix Wright parody for good measure, the opportunities are endless.

I'll wait for the spin-off, Detective Pikachu in Space.

 

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[Johnny Novgorod]

Forget Danny DeVito, I want James McCaffrey. Make Pikachu a hard-boiled cop with nothing to lose.

It would probably be a better Max Payne movie than the one we already got.

"They were all caught. The final pokeball was an exclamation mark on everything that had led to this point..."

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

How do you go from "electric rat" to "solves crimes"?

Replace "electric rat" with "bunny" and you have Zootopia.

Replace "electric rat" with "cop" and you have a cop movie. What's your point?

 

[FalloutJack]

*Opens a door leading to the general public*

You people will watch anything.

*Shuts door*

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

How do you go from "electric rat" to "solves crimes"?

Replace "electric rat" with "bunny" and you have Zootopia.

Replace "electric rat" with "cop" and you have a cop movie. What's your point?

Do I really need to explain to you the difference between switching out a rodent with a different rodent to get the same movie premise, to your statement?

Honestly...

The bunny from Zootopia was created for Zootopia. Pikachu is a 20 year old character, and nothing about it says "crime detection".

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I am silently screaming inside at the prospect of this.