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However, he also noted that he didn\u2019t think it would end up happening despite hoping for it.\u00a0 Detective Pikachu was released in theaters in May 2019 and grossed more than $433 million worldwide, marking it as a successful venture into new territory for the Pok\u00e9mon franchise. However, the movie isn\u2019t what most Pok\u00e9mon fans were expecting to hear about this week.\u00a0 In the lead-up to Pok\u00e9mon Day 2023 on Feb. 27, a portion of the Pok\u00e9mon community hyped up the possibility that Detective Pikachu 2, a sequel to the Nintendo 3DS game that the movie used as a base, would finally be shown seven years after the original\u2019s Japanese release.\u00a0 While Detective Pikachu launched in Japan back in February 2016, it wouldn\u2019t come to western markets until March 2018\u2014a bit over a year before the movie would release. And, not long after the film\u2019s May 2019 debut, TPC also announced a follow-up title to continue the story of Detective Pikachu was in development for the Switch.\u00a0 That is the last time fans heard about the game in any official capacity and it did not appear at any point during the Pok\u00e9mon Day festivities. Despite this, there have been several instances of the second game\u2019s existence that have popped up over the last year or so thanks to job listings and game developer project bios that talk about the game being \u201cin development\u201d or even \u201cnearing release.\u201d Related: Three years later, Pok\u00e9mon fans are still solving the mystery of Detective Pikachu's sequel Because there is now more news pointing to another Detective Pikachu film entering early development, there are a few things to note depending on how TPC and Legendary plan to go about production.\u00a0 If this is actually a sequel film to the original, the sequel for the game could be held in TPC\u2019s back pocket until a later date closer to the film\u2019s actual release\u2014meaning several years down the line at this point, based on how long films take to make after a director is onboarded. 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{"id":812838,"date":"2023-03-03T21:03:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T02:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?p=812838"},"modified":"2023-03-03T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T02:03:26","slug":"a-detective-pikachu-sequel-is-on-the-way-but-it-isnt-the-update-pokemon-fans-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/pokemon\/news\/a-detective-pikachu-sequel-is-on-the-way-but-it-isnt-the-update-pokemon-fans-expected","title":{"rendered":"A Detective Pikachu sequel is on the way, but it isn’t the update Pok\u00e9mon fans expected"},"content":{"rendered":"

After years of speculating on the future of the franchise, it looks like Detective Pikachu <\/em>isn\u2019t dead\u2014though the latest update is not what fans were expecting. <\/p>

According to a report from Deadline<\/a>, The Pok\u00e9mon Company and its partners at Legendary Entertainment are in talks with Portlandia<\/em> co-creator and Tim and Eric <\/em>writer Jonathan Krisel about bringing him on to direct the long-awaited sequel for Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s <\/em>live-action debut film. <\/p>

Along with Krisel entering negotiations for this project, The Kings of Summer <\/em>writer Chris Galletta is set to write the script too. <\/p>

This is some of the first news there’s been about a potential Detective Pikachu <\/em>sequel film since Justice Smith, the star of the original alongside Ryan Reynolds’ Pikachu, said he would \u201clove to participate\u201d in another project within the franchise back in March 2021<\/a>. However, he also noted that he didn\u2019t think it would end up happening despite hoping for it.\u00a0<\/p>

Detective Pikachu was released in theaters in May 2019 and grossed more than $433 million worldwide, marking it as a successful venture into new territory for the Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>franchise. However, the movie isn\u2019t what most Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>fans were expecting to hear about this week.\u00a0<\/p>

In the lead-up to Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>Day 2023<\/a> on Feb. 27, a portion of the Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>community hyped up the possibility that Detective Pikachu 2<\/em>, a sequel to the Nintendo 3DS game that the movie used as a base, would finally be shown seven years after the original\u2019s Japanese release.\u00a0<\/p>

While Detective Pikachu <\/em>launched in Japan back in February 2016, it wouldn\u2019t come to western markets until March 2018\u2014a bit over a year before the movie would release. And, not long after the film\u2019s May 2019 debut, TPC also announced a follow-up title to continue the story of Detective Pikachu <\/em>was in development for the Switch.\u00a0<\/p>

That is the last time fans heard about the game in any official capacity and it did not appear at any point during the Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>Day festivities. Despite this, there have been several instances of the second game\u2019s existence that have popped up over the last year or so thanks to job listings and game developer project bios that talk about the game being \u201cin development\u201d or even \u201cnearing release.\u201d<\/a><\/p>

Because there is now more news pointing to another Detective Pikachu <\/em>film entering early development, there are a few things to note depending on how TPC and Legendary plan to go about production.\u00a0<\/p>

If this is actually a sequel film to the original, the sequel for the game could be held in TPC\u2019s back pocket until a later date closer to the film\u2019s actual release\u2014meaning several years down the line at this point, based on how long films take to make after a director is onboarded. This could also lead to the rumored Switch port of the original game making an appearance to bridge the gap.\u00a0<\/p>

There is also a very real chance that this follow-up will not be held to the same development of the original and it will not share parallels with a Detective Pikachu <\/em>game, or at the very least will not be tied to the core story plot points as heavily as the first attempt. <\/p>

This might not be the news Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>fans were expecting, and it doesn\u2019t take away the sting of not getting many announcements during the Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>Day Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>Presents,<\/a> but at least it shows that something is happening with Detective Pikachu<\/em>. That should alleviate worries for anyone that still wasn\u2019t sure the franchise would continue.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"