Rumour: A Sequel To Detective Pikachu Is Already In Development

“Uziel is responsible for 22 Jump Street...”

Nice

“....The Cloverfield Paradox....”

Uh oh

“....and is also responsible for the live action Sonic the Hedgehog movie”

GO BACK WE MESSED UP

Seriously, why a sequel? The Pokemon world is MASSIVE. I’d love a PG-13 movie exploring the crime underworld and Team Rocket, with Leonardo DiCaprio as Giovanni.

Oh god I hope this rumor about Uziel being the writer is false.
Like seriously, have the people at Legendary not seen the sonic trailer yet with it’s awful one-liners and inappropriate jokes about child kidnapping?

Good thing it’s still early days and they can find another writer. Here’s to hoping that is was merely a delayed rumor and in reality Uziel is already off the project.

The year is 2023, you walk into a screening of Detective Pikachu 2 feeling pretty excited to see a live-action Pokemon movie on the big screen for the first time in 4 years. As the movie begins to start, you are greeted with a black screen, and hear the words, “Uh, meow?”

I really enjoyed Detective Pikachu, hopefully the sequel retains its’ charm.

There can’t be a sequel given the ending of the movie.

Didn't they say before the movie hit theaters that they were planning on making a sequel if it did well? Either way I'm not surprised. They did good and for sure they'll want to see if lightning can strike twice. Though, the writer news is a little troubling.

This movie was much better than I thought it'd be... but it does NOT need a sequel. I don't even know HOW it's getting a sequel considering almost if not everything was neatly tied up by the end.

@Bass_X0 I was hoping for a sequel that included Tim teaming up with an older, washed up Pokémon Trainer...... Ash Ketchum! They could really rub in some jokes about how he spent 2 decades travelling the world but never won the Pokemon league.

The titular Pikachu could this time be Ash’s Pikachu, and again lots of self referential jokes about him being level 300, beating team rocket all the time and why he never wanted to evolve.

I’d also put money on Ryme City being a location in Pokemon Sword and Shield, what with it being London and all. Tim could be the gym leader?

Saw Detective Pikachu yesterday. I really enjoyed it but I'm with @shoeses, it doesn't need a sequel. Then again, I'd like to see another movie in the same world so if they do continue the story line, I don't think they can call it Detective Pikachu 2. It can be a sequel but it can't be centered around Pikachu in the same way.

How can some writers still get work?

Interesting they're wanting a sequel. As some mentioned. With the ending of the movie being the way it went. Not sure how they're going to do it.

Plus it was mentioned about doing the Red and Blue/Green games.. that might be a better thing.. Guess will wait and see.

Gotta milk 'em all

Well, if Fast and Furious can have nine films... (plus a spin-off)

I'm not going to spoil it, but there's pretty much no way they can convincingly pull off a sequel. The film wrapped things up too well and any sequel will undoubtedly need some cop-out to work.

If it was even moderately profitable, it will get a sequel. Rest assured, Hollywood wont let anything die if they can milk more money out of it.

@TempOr I agree. Pre-E3 is always full of rumors and most don't even hold a grain of salt. Unless something has some real legit looking source, I don't even want to hear it.

@Silly_G I quite enjoy the F&F films. Sure, they aren’t going to win any oscars but they are a lot of fun, the movie equivalent of takeaway pizza.

Rumour? I thought that was fact. It thought it was said to be in the works before the first was even released.

THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SONIC? Now we know which film they spent all their time on.

@Baker1000 I recall it too

Huh... I wonder how that will work.

haven't seen it so don't know the ending. but if its a happy one than i am guessing pikachu will find another person who needs help he is a detective after all.

@Bass_X0 There can be a sequel through horribly written BS that undoes the ending of the first one. If a sequel is in development, and is indeed being written by the genius behind The Sonic Movie, it wouldn't surprise me if this ended up being the case.

I hope the next movie is an all new storyline. Will be pretty tuff to logic-out a talking pikachu again.

I don’t see it get a sequel, it warped itself very well and a straight up sequel

But the Pokémon universe is massive and source material is pretty much endless (Games, spinoff, manga, more manga, so much manga, more spinoffs, anime, movies....)

The CGI is really amazing and this movie cost “only” 150 million to make and already earned above 200 millions in just 1 week

100% we will see more Pokémon movies

I'm pretty sure this is official, and not just a rumour. As for the writer's involvement with Sonic, I've only noticed his name being credited in the last month or so, compared to the other two writers who've been credited for a while, so I'm not sure how much weight that holds - probably did some last minute rewrites, so I'm not gonna get salty about that.

@Deku-Scrub 2023 is the year Perfect Dark 64 takes place.

Some of the comments here lead me to believe that people think movie studios only make sequels if the story lends itself to one. Nope. If there's a chance a sequel will make money, they'll retcon the hell out of the previous movie if they have to in order to get a sequel into production.

My five year old and I went to see it today. As a Pokémaniac, I enjoyed it and thought it did a great job respecting the franchise as awhole and wasn't just another Gen 1 nostalgia grab.

My daughter liked it. And she likes Pokémon. But I think there were moments that, while us adults can appreciate, were a bit too slow for her taste. Some good character and story building I can definitely see boring some kids. There were also a surprising number of jokes that were definitely geared towards adults. And there was that whole sequence with Mr. Mime that, personally, I was quite surprised made into the movie considering the nature of it.

With all that being said, I'm not sure how the ending leads itself to a sequel to this particular story. I can definitely see this movie as a starter (no pun intended) in a Pokémon Cinematic Universe

Keep in mind that the director has a higher authority over a film's story than the writer themselves. There have been cases where movies and games stories have gone to crap because of the director or producer's meddling.

I know a story they can do: There's more than one talking Pokemon albeit through different regions. Basically, it's Spider-Verse but with Pokemon.

If he doesn't react when you speak "hey you" into the controller, it's not pikachu.