Detective Pikachu movie shifts from Universal to Warner Bros. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming live-action Detective Pikachu movie has switched studios from Universal Pictures to Warner Bros. Pictures.
Both Interstellar and Kong: Skull Island stayed at Warner Bros., with an intended big budget Universal release Spectral ultimately going straight to Netflix.
The move also comes after Warner Bros. lost its chief co-financing partner RatPac-Dune amid the Brett Ratner scandal.