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Ken Watanabe cast in the Detective Pikachu movie

by rawmeatcowboy
19 January 2018
GN Version 5.0

- Ken Watanabe has joined the cast, taking on the role of Detective Yoshida
- Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) is directing the project
- due to start shooting this month in London
- when Justice Smith's character in the movie has his father kidnapped, the teen teams up with Pikachu in order to find him
- Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch wrote the script with Eric Pearson and Tom McCarthy having completed production polishes
- Mary Parent and Cale Boyter are producing for Legendary
- Joe Caracciolo Jr. and Pokemon’s Tsunekazu Ishihara are executive producing
- Legendary’s Alexandra Mendes will co-produce

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