There’s no official word on who will voice this cinematic Pikachu, although rumored candidates have included Ryan Reynolds and Mark Wahlberg.
Since launching in 1996, the Pokemon franchise has enjoyed popularity through TV shows, video games and trading cards.
Goosebumps director Rob Letterman is helming this Pokemon movie, while Alex Hirsch and Nicole Perlman tackled the script.
Like the Great Detective Pikachu video game, this movie will involve a crime-solving Pikachu who isn’t as powerful as the other electrically-charged mouse creatures, but makes up for that with enhanced intelligence.