Production on the upcoming live-action Detective Pikachu movie has been progressing at a slow and steady rate, but the actor behind the titular role has been kept tightly under wraps until now. The running joke on the internet was that Danny DeVito should be the one, but it would of course be fascinating to see who would be picked to bring such an iconic character to life on the big screen for the first time. Now, the told of Detective Pikachu has finally been cast.
Ryan Reynolds—of Deadpool fame—has been picked for the role of Detective Pikachu. The story of the film will see Justice Smith’s character’s father kidnapped, and he’ll turn to the little mouse detective for help in tracking him down. Amusingly enough, the role has been said to be “motion-capture in nature”, so expect to see a bit of Reynolds in Pikachu.
What do you think? How will Reynolds do in the role? Who would you have picked? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source hollywoodreporter.com]
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Perfect
Can we expect mention of this in the next Deadpool film perhaps?
Everyone on Twitter is saying the movie is ruined now. lol
Ryan's a pretty good choice and all, but when is the first game coming to the west? Methinks the 3DS will be obsolete by the time the movie comes out.
I officially want to see this movie now
@Joeynator3000 this movie was ruined from the start, but im think painting Danny Devito yellow would make it a trainwreck worth seeing.
“Green Lantern all over again! Ahhh!!!!”
-everyone lol
Look, i didn't go to Vietnam just to have pansies like you take my roles away from me.
HUMOR! GUT BUSTAROO!!!!!
Whoever chose him should be fired. Shame.
Was really truly hoping for Danny Devito.
Grrr...
Wow this turning out to be interesting.
cant wait for the trailer.
@IceClimbers See, folks...? Even Deadpool approves it. Ha ha ha...
It would have been awesome if Danny Devito had taken the role, but Ryan Reynolds doesn't seem too off character in my opinion. I'd rather wait and see a trailer of the movie before I really judge it.
Detective Deadpool Pikachu.
A wisecracking potty mouth PIkachu.
I'm in.
Effective? Probably not but movie star names sell CG film tickets these days
Waits for the red band trailer
Wish it was Danny but Ryan could also be good in the role .
Glad it's not DeVito.
Pikachu speaking with a human voice will be weird regardless of whichever human is chosen.
I still can't believe they're making this garbage.
@GravyThief I'm just going to wait and see how this goes. I'm just really glad that they aren't going for a kind of cute voice just like they did in the last movie.
Deadpool I choose you!
All things considered, I’m actually relieved Danny DeVito’s not doing this because
1) he flat out said he has no idea what Pokémon is so his heart wouldn’t be into the project
2) casting him started out as a meme which went too far
3) forcing him to do it just because of unreasonable demand is asking for a disaster
Ryan's still a great choice. Anyone who thinks otherwise probably just got too invested in the Danny Devito memes
@Anti-Matter What's the problem?
Pika... strokes beard ... Chu.....
Well he did a good job as Deadpool (2nd time); not so good in his "first" (if you can call it that) or his Green Lantern stint.
This may work if done right.
I do however now have a desire to see a hard talking, no nonsense Pikachu that frequents bars and puts on the cutesy "Pikachu!" Just to pick up the ladies.
Should of been Seth McFarlane. Imagine Ash and Pika, a la Mark Wahlberg and Ted....
"Covered in more j**z than a Kardashian" TED 2
Meh. Worse choices could have been made.
@Octane
Oh...
About that.
I really hate the voice actor for Detective Pikachu is also on that #### 18+ movies.
@Anti-Matter You should watch Deadpool, it's actually pretty good.
@Octane
Don't you Ever say that name !
I HATE that !
Eh... sorry if i was upset.
@Anti-Matter
Wow, I didn't realise if you have a well rounded actor/ actress capable of multiple different roles that being in a mature film automatically bars them from family friendly pictures.
Maybe you need a chimichanga, make you feel better.
@Anti-Matter wow. Take a deep breath. Count to 10.
Release
Hope you feel better now
OH LOL. XD
A real life Pikachu movie and people think who voices the make believe character is going to make or break the movie. smh
@Anti-Matter Wow...Why do you hate him so much? Also you hate Ryan Reynolds or DP?
So can we expect Detective Pikachu to break the 4th wall?
@audiobrainiac I like Green Lantern movie. The cgi was eh and villain was eh but it was good nonetheless.
@Steven_the_2nd
The movie.
I HATE that movie !
@Anti-Matter Why do you hate it so much?
@Steven_the_2nd
I HATE All 18+ Movies !
I HATE That movies !
I HATE Blood !!
Pure Rubbish !!
I'm quite glad with the choice of Ryan Renolds, but the dream for Devito will never die
@Anti-Matter I was actually asking for the actually reasoning, but gotcha, just 100% blind hatred. thumbs up
Also I am guessing you didn't like any of the other actors up for Detective Pikachu? Since at one time or another they have all done rated R movies.
Ryan Renolds is amazing, so im super excited.
Ryan Reynolds? Unexpected, but I'd expect him to give his all for the role so I'm cool with it.
@Steven_the_2nd
I'm Not a Movieholic.
I Never follow what is Trendy or Famous from movies in lifestyle.
But...
The only Movies that i watch are just :
1. Disney Cartoons and Animations such as Lion King 3, Handy Manny, Monster Inc, Inside Out by Disney Pixar, The Princess & The Frog, Frozen, Tangled, etc. I'm Pro-Family Oriented movies, i prefer LESS Action movies, i LOVE Chibi Animation from Handy Manny (Chibi form in Educational series 3D animation).
2. Specific Disney Live Action such as Cinderella 2015 (By Lily James as Cinderella), Beauty and the Beast (By Emma Watson as Belle).
3. Codename Kids Next Door. One of the Coolest Cartoon with very Mind Blowing ideas from Cartoon Network since 2002.
4. Specific Animes like Sailor Moon series (90's era), Doubutsu no Mori OVA (1996) (What a Lovely movies without Tons of Actions or Violences. Such a peaceful Anime), Fancy Lala, Prince of Tennis (I Love the Chibi episodes. So Hilarious ), Free Iwatobi (OMG ! Hunky Six pack guys ! )
I prefer Video Games than Movies.
It's just the Upside Downess that is 2017. I can't say I'm surprised over the backlash over a talking Pikachu detective movie.
Will Pikachu love chimichangas now?
@Anti-Matter I am not a movieholic either lol. I just like comic book movies, Star Wars, Star Trek, action, Disney, Pixar, animated movies and watch a lot of anime and cartoons. Also read a lot of Manga and play a lot of video games.
You shouldn't say you outright hate them as it seems you never watched them before. You could say that you definitely do not prefer those types of movies.
Really, people could get seriously offended that you are telling them that you blindly hate something that they could possibly love oh so much and never actually gave it a chance. What if someone told you that they blindly hate everything with a passion you just listed without ever giving it a chance.
I can understand that Deadpool isn't for everyone because of the subject matter, but no reason to blindly hate it.
@JJ286 I really liked parts of it too. Glad I'm not the only one. I just figured it's an easy poke. Hope they do a proper new one soon to go with this new Justice League universe.
@Steven_the_2nd
About Blind hate...
I'm Very Cautious and Concerned about Bad Entertainments nowadays.
So, to protect myself, i did Very Strict Censoring. Extremely Strict.
If i see something Spooky ,Evil, adult themes, i Will CONDEMN to Death that movies or games before 1 second. I Don't even want to know, there is No point for me to know, it just only fulfill my Hatred and drives my Anger toward those Damned things, my Hatred will stay Forever in my Core Memories and i can't erase them whatsoever. I will NEVER Allow such things like that landed on my Core Memory. I will do anything to Destroy those Rubbish. I will NEVER give any chance to getting know more about those rubbish. Once i said those are Garbage, They are Garbage FOREVER !
No Respect, No Appreciate for whoever creates those garbage and damned things like that !
They should be punished for their Sins !
I'm curious to see how Reynolds will do in the role. The Devito meme has gotten out of hand by this point. Don't force an actor/actress into a role that they really have no interest in. We've seen the results of that before....
@audiobrainiac same man!
2017 - A brave new world where Trump is president and Ryan Reynolds is Pikachu.
@AntiMatter
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoralGuardians
Describes you perfectly.
Tough I was hoping for Danny Devito this one is alright they could done worse tough so we should be thankful they got some one who knows how to be funny and witty.
@Sgt-Jack-V I dunno about that...
Anyway, guuuyyyyssss, let's end the anti-anti-matter episode for today.
@Meowpheel I wasn't advertising, I am a genuine customer. I can show you. Not sure why you think so, I am just helping out the online community.
@Bod2019 haha love that movie
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