
Fans have been pretty vocal over their shock at Pikachu’s sudden speaking role in the new animated Pokémon movie, but that certainly isn’t the first time that we’ve heard of the little yellow mouse thing talking. A live action Pokémon movie—Detective Pikachu—is currently in the pre-production process, and it seems like things are moving forward at a decent clip. Though we still don’t know who’s voicing Pikachu, his human companion has now been cast.
Variety has reported that Justice Smith will be taking the role, though the exact character he’s playing is still a mystery. Justice Smith is an up and coming actor who starred in Netflix’s “The Get Down” and has been picked for one of the new roles in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Now the waiting game begins for who gets the role of Pikachu, here’s to hoping Danny DeVito somehow manages to clinch it.
What do you think? How will this movie turn out? What’s your favorite video game movie? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source variety.com]
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Interesting. This will probably be the only time hearing Pikachu talking won't bug me.
Pikachu should be played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I randomly thought of this movie the other day
Danny Devito or bust.
If Danny DeVito ends up playing Pikachu my life will be near-complete
As we mentioned in that "talking Pikachu" article a couple days ago, this movie is in fact in production. It'll be interesting to see if this turns out to be a good movie... or a hilariously bad one.
@BigDaddysPizza My bet’s on bad in a bad way.
#devitoismypikachu

@JHDK
You mean his twin brother Danny DeVito.
Breaking News everyone!!!
Pikachu by Tara Strong.
Man this movie sounded painful enough already, but with Pikachu speaking, this is gonna be a real bottom-of-the-barrel stinker.
@Prizm Nah, it's gonna rock your world.
Yay (Though I'm actually gonna watch the Jap dub)
Any relation to Will Smith?
Pikachu should be voiced by Alex Hirsch! He's already working on the dang thing...
I want to hear him speaking like JD in Heathers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LkFNZauk90
@Prizm I mean, it would probably sound less painful if we actually got the damn game in the west to begin with... Or even Detective Pikachu Episode 2 in Japan
@MsJubilee This made me laugh and is possibly the only thing that could save this film from being absolutely terrible.
Is Bobcat Goldthwait still working?
Stop spoiling the other movie on the front page
I still can't understand the point of this movie. Who thought this was an interesting and mass-marketable idea?
@ricklongo Pokemon Go was at the highest of its popularity when it was announced. Clearly the film companies thought that train would last forever.
That and Hollywood isnt exactly flooded with unique new ideas these days....
Danny DeVito, yes!
That, and the movie being written by Alex Hirsch, will make this the best Pokémon big screen adaptation by default.
I want Christopher Walken for Pikachu's voice. "Pikachu neva scared me much, Digby do." lol
Ummmm the lead role is Detective Pikachu since thats the name of the movie...and I want it to be the Rock so bad....lol
Steve Buscemi FTW 💪🏻
@Anti-Matter detective pikachu has a deep voice in the games, so I don’t think they’ll go with tara strong, especially since it will be a cinametic feature and tara strong is more a tv and game voice actor.
I always assumed that Pikachu got the lead role as Detective Pikachu.
@PtM Nope, just a random thought. But let's all be real here, Gilbert Gottfried is the real contender for the voice of Pikachu
Danny, Danny....
I really hoped that it was the voice actor of Shulk. But hopefully this works out great too.
@Pichuka97 My thoughts exactly!
Imagine Christopher Walken as Pikachu.
David Suchet would have been perfect.
I think Samuel L. Jackson would make a great Pikachu.
Pretty weird to see that we'll actually get the movie, but not the game its based on...
This is going to be atrocious, especially since Hollywood is involved in the proceedings. Expect a typical "A lister" in the role of Pikachu, just so that they can drop their name in the trailers.
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