The film stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice and facial motion capture of Pikachu, with Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Suki Waterhouse, Omar Chaparro, Chris Geere, Ken Watanabe, and Bill Nighy in live-action roles. It was the first live-action Pokémon film and the first live-action film based on a Nintendo game property since Super Mario Bros. It was written by Letterman, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, and Derek Connolly, from a story by Hernandez, Samit, and Nicole Perlman, and produced by Legendary Pictures and Toho. Based on the Pokémon franchise, the film is a loose adaptation of the 2016 video game of the same name.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (commonly known as Detective Pikachu) is a 2019 mystery fantasy comedy film directed by Rob Letterman.
