Legendary announced today that Golden Globe-winning actor Bill Nighy and British actor Chris Geere have joined the cast of Detective Pikachu, the first live-action film based on the globally-popular Pokémon franchise.
The project follows Detective Pikachu, a new character and storyline in the Pokémon universe.
Nighy and Geere will play a father and son duo and join already-announced cast members Ryan Reynolds, Ken Watanabe, Justice Smith and Kathryn Newton.
Universal Pictures will handle distribution of Detective Pikachu outside Japan.