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Ryan Reynolds voices 'Detective Pikachu' in first Pokémon movie trailer
A trailer is out for the first live-action Pokemon movie, Detective Pikachu.
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Warner Bros Pictures released the first trailer for Detective Pikachu on Monday.
The trailer shows Pokémon aficionado Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) meeting a deerstalker-wearing Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds). Tim holds a stapler towards the yellow Pokémon, only for it to threaten him to “Put down the stapler, or I will electrocute you!”
Realizing that Tim could understand him, Pikachu is thrilled, because everyone else only hears “Pika Pika”, the only words the Pokémon speaks in the original anime. Bits of the plot are also revealed, such as the disappearance of Tim’s dad and Tim’s failed endeavor to become a Pokémon trainer.
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Reynolds posted the trailer on his Twitter account on Monday. “I think we all knew I'd wind up as a miniature detective repeatedly saying the same two words,” the Deadpool star joked.
I think we all knew I'd wind up as a miniature detective repeatedly saying the same two words. Just didn't think it'd be this soon. #PikaPika #DetectivePikachu pic.twitter.com/L4iB760fJO
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) November 12, 2018
Detective Pikachu is a live-action family movie with the addition of animated Pokémon, directed by Rob Letterman (Goosebumps). A joint American and Japanese project, the movie is set to hit theaters in the summer of 2019. (iru/wng)
