It has been several months since Warner Bros. Pictures and The Pokemon Company released thefirst trailerfor the film adaptation of the Nintendo 3DS adventure game,Detective Pikachu, but it looks as if the companies are set to ramp up promotion for the movie as it draws nearer to theatrical release. Today,Detective Pikachuhas put out its second official trailer, with the footage highlighting none other than the fan-favorite Psychic-type Pokemon known as Mewtwo.
The latest trailer forDetective Pikachuprovides a brief rundown of the plot, with the titular character Detective Pikachu (voiced byDeadpool’s Ryan Reynolds) teaming up with Tim Goodman (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s Justice Smith) to investigate his private eye father’s mysterious disappearance. As evidenced by the movie’s new trailer, viewers will be taken on a journey through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City, and introduced to a world in which Pokemon and humans live side by side.
As previously mentioned,Detective Pikachu’s second official trailer also provides brief look at Mewtwo arriving on the scene in Ryme City, as the Psychic-type obliterates a gigantic Pikachu balloon that’s presumably being used in a parade of some kind. In addition to Mewtwo’s appearance, there area bevy of different Pokemonseen in the footage, too, including the likes of Charizard, Jigglypuff, Greninja, Mr. Mime, and many more.
Despite the fact thatDetective Pikachuhas yet to even reach its theatrical release date, it appears as though Warner Bros. Pictures and The Pokemon Company are confident in the film’s success, as the studios have greenlit a sequel. As it so happens, there’s already a script in the works, with22 Jump Street‘s Oren Uzielhaving been tapped to pen the screenplay to the forthcoming followup.
All things considered, it will definitely be interesting to see ifDetective Pikachumanages to buck the persistent trend of movies based on video games typically being middling to poor translations of the source material. That said, we won’t have to wait much longer to find out, as the motion picture is set to hit the big screen in just a few months from now.
