Universal Pictures has set a release date for Legendary Entertainment’s upcoming live-action Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu.
Universal Pictures will handle distribution of the live-action film outside Japan as it has done with Legendary’s other films for years.
Legendary Entertainment’s Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu is the first live-action film based on the globally popular franchise and will star Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) and Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies).
Fans familiar with the franchise, those who have kids or those who obsessively played the recent hit mobile gaming app Pokemon Go, know that Pikachu is a type of Pokemon.