It looks like the live action Pokemon has cast its lead actor.
Legendary are currently working on Detective Pikachu with Nicole Perlman, co-writer of Guardians of the Galaxy and the upcoming Captain Marvel, and Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, adapting the recent Pokemon game, Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a Duo. It follows a particularly smart Pikachu who teams up with a boy who understands him to solve crimes.
Legendary Pictures is producing while Universal Pictures will distribute the movie which will star Justice Smith (above), star of Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down and the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
We still have no word on who Smith will play or when the movie will be released but we’ll keep you posted.
Source: Variety
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