{"id":132246,"date":"2023-03-05T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146046"},"modified":"2023-03-05T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T07:30:00","slug":"detective-pikachus-movie-sequel-might-have-found-its-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/05\/detective-pikachus-movie-sequel-might-have-found-its-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Detective Pikachu’s Movie Sequel Might Have Found Its Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last month, a Legendary Entertainment rep mentioned how a sequel to the Detective Pikachu movie was still in “active development”<\/a>. If this wasn’t convincing enough, we’ve now got another<\/em> development.<\/p>\n

According to a Deadline report, Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel is currently in negotiations to direct the live-action sequel starring Pikachu. Along with this, Chris Galetta (The Kings of Summer) is apparently taking on the script-writing duties.<\/p>\n

The original 2019 movie was directed by Rob Letterman, and starred actors like Ryan Reynolds and Justice Smith. Smith previously mentioned in 2021 how a second film was unlikely to happen<\/a>, stating at the time how it was probably best to “bury” any hopes.<\/p>\n

The situation since then has obviously changed – with the writers of the original film even mentioning in more recent times how they would love to be involved in a sequel. The sequel was also rumoured to be in making<\/a> not long after Detective Pikachu launched in 2019.<\/p>\n

In addition to a possible second movie, Detective Pikachu<\/a> is being expanded as a video game series. According to a job profile late last year, a second game is nearing a Switch release. You can catch up on all of this in some of our previous coverage here on Nintendo Life:<\/p>\n

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