Remember the Detective Pikachu where Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds voices the electric mouse? The one that hasn't even been released yet? Well, according to an exclusive Hollywood Reporter article, a sequel to that movie is already underway.

Legendary Entertainment, seemingly confident about its unreleased movie, will again work on this sequel and has already caught hired Oren Uziel to write the script. Uziel, you might recall, also worked on the Sonic the Hedgehog movie set to release later this year.

In case you didn't see it, here's the trailer for the Detective Pikachu movie that spawned countless of memes and mixed reactions (and inspired a realistic-looking Tempy) and decide for yourself if it's worthy of a sequel:

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The Detective Pikachu movie is slated for a release this May 11th.

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[raxadian]

Isn't this way too fast? Or the movie is already a success?

 

[AxlSt00pid]

The first one isn't even out yet...
They sure have hopes it'll sell like crazy, and I think it's because is a Pokémon movie

I'll find it very funny if they cancel the sequel because the first one didn't sell or have high ratings

 

[spotanjo3]

interesting. I am not watching this movie and a sequel. Not fan of Pokemon at all.

 

[JavaScribe]

Wouldn't surprise me if they're also planning the Pokemon Cinematic Universe as well.

I can't decide how I feel about that.

 

[KyleHyde]

I'm confused as to why an Asian kid didn't play the Pokémon trainer.

By Pokemon trainer, are you referring to the main character, Tim Goodman? (Since in the trailer they mention that he used to want to be a Pokemon Trainer, but it didn't really work out for him.) He's not Asian in the video game either. Then again, they aren't really following the source material of the Detective Pikachu video game to a T (They already stated long ago that the movie would have a different plot, iirc), so they could have made him Asian if they wanted to.

Setting the game's art style aside (which is similar to a 3D Disney movie), there's plenty of characters from different racial backgrounds and perhaps they'll be doing the same with the cinematic universe (assuming the movie sells well).

 

[Kioku]

Talk about putting the carriage before the horse. Oof.

 

[SANIC]

How can a movie that's not even released yet get a sequel? Do they have that much confidence it'll do good?

Spider-Verse got a sequel before it released. It actually deserves it, and this is coming from someone who saw it before it came out.

 

[Steena]

How can a movie that's not even released yet get a sequel? Do they have that much confidence it'll do good?

they have confidence they spent millions doing the ugly as fuck cgi and their numbers people calculated that shitting out a sequel will be more cost-efficient for the long run as it reuses the technology, the set and some of the assets

it's how big franchises plan out several releases like the superhero movies, it all goes into a shared pipework

 

[Gon Freecss]

HYPED!!!

 

[Grmmish]

Does no one notice Pokemon is huge?
They are going for a sequel because it DOES NOT MATTER if it flops.
Looks at the games. They come out with more Pokemon games than ANYTHING (Excluding Mario.... Which honestly doesn't get as many main games as Pokemon either.) so as far as they are concerned, they are mainly trying to keep people TALKING about Pokemon, whether they enjoyed it or not. LOL

 

[osaka35]

So many questions. So. many.

 

[SANIC]

see -> Ash somehow being around for 20 odd years and a. still being 10

Ash turned 11 in the anime

 

[DarthDub]

This reminds me of Mighty No. 9's development schedule. I don't have a good feeling about this..

 

[anhminh]

Wasn't they said awhile ago that they had planned a Pokemon RGBY live action that would take place in the same univeser and they gonna made a PCU out of its

 

[Mama Looigi]

WOW! A SEQUEL?!?!? NOW I HAVE 2 THINGS TO LOOKE FOWARD TO
1. Part 1
2. The sequel

 

[aMp]

Nice, I can't wait to see the sequel.

 

[kkcheong]

I think they should release the sequel first.

 

[PrincessLillie]

Okay Legendary, go to sleep.

 

[Ev1l0rd]

Ash turned 11 in the anime

Point still stsands that the anime has a giant maintaining the status quo issue.

 

[InsaneNutter]

This movie (and of course its trailer) seems to target its audience very precisely, maybe you're not that target.
For example, the music at 8 seconds in the trailer is from the main menu theme in the first Pokémon games.
So the people who are into Pokémon but are too young to be nostalgic of this because they started with Pokémon White are missing something.
Same, the people who are into Pokémon but are a bit too old to think "haha yeah me too, so true, the feels" when they hear "you wanted to be a Pokémon trainer when you were young // yeah... that didn't really work out" are missing something.
And of course the people who are not even into Pokémon are not the target at all.

This movie is really for these people in their twenties who played the first games, and still know some of the new Pokémon such as Greninja, and wanted to be Pokémon trainer, and wanted Pokémon in the real world exactly how they are pictured in this movie (not an anime).
Exactly the category of persons that was the most into Pokémon Go when it was out at the beginning, and then they stopped playing it because it was not exactly what they expected (fights? exchanges?) (which does not mean everyone stopped playing it), so yeah, maybe then the scenario will be shit, I don't know, but really the trailer is only meant to be fully appealing to this category of persons.

Honestly i'm probably not that target, however quite a bit of what you said does apply to me.

I was in to Pokemon from the start here in the UK, I got Pokemon Red and never looked back. Gold / Silver were amazing, I imported them from the US months before we get them though a shop in my hometown. I've been in and out of Pokemon since. I got back in to Diamond on the DS at University with some course mates, then went back and finished Ruby and Leafe Green on the GBA. In recent years the X / Y on the 3DS got me hardcore back in to the series, I then went back and finished White and Black 2 and have kept up with the franchise since, including Lets Go on the Switch.

In some ways I’m kinda lucky as I’ve enjoyed Pokemon Go since day one and still enjoy it today. I also love the core games too, so at present is a great time to be in to Pokemon, even more so as I’ve met new people in my home town also in to the franchise though Pokemon Go.

The movie in general just look a bit rubbish to me, however I’m not all that bothered to be honest. I’ve always been in to the games over the anime so I’m good either way, I just never expected the movie to be as hyped as it is!