Released in summer 2019, Detective Pikachu could rightfully be said to be among the best video game movies ever made. And it’s a damn Pokemon movie, of all things. Somehow the cutesy, but somehow compelling and fun buddy comedy worked on just about every level, going on to make $433M worldwide. That had fans of the popular games curious about what a sequel could hold.
Well, according to star Justice Smith, there might not be a sequel at all. He tells Inverse…
“I would love to participate in Detective Pikachu 2. I don’t know if it’s going to happen. I think we have to just kind of bury our hopes. I don’t think it’s going to happen. I really hope so though. Honestly, I’m such a huge fan, who knows, who knows? I hope so.”
Legendary Pictures had started talking sequel even before the first movie opened, which makes it hard to believe they wouldn’t follow up now. But if Smith hasn’t heard anything two years later, then perhaps we’ve heard the last of Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu with his deerstalker hat. That’s kinda sad, actually.
