If you thought video game adaptations couldn't get any more over the top, here's one for you: Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds has signed to play as Detective Pikachu in the titular movie.

Reynolds will play alongside Justice Smith who will be the movie's protagonist and will team up with Pikachu in order to find his kidnapped father.

The news broke in an article on The Hollywood Reporter. The report says that his role “is said to be motion capture in nature” à la Andy Serkis in Gollum's shoes (if Gollum ever wore any).

The shooting for 'Detective Pikachu' is due to start mid-January in London.

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[Subtle Demise]

For anyone wondering dafuq Detective Pikachu is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Detective_Pikachu

So is Ryan Reynolds going to be the motion capture for Pikachu? I would think it would make more sense for him to be this character in red:

One more thing, wonder how many kids in Japan were scarred from this:

 

[KiiWii]

Haha, wtf is this.

Why has he got such a deep voice.

Lol.

 

[Axido]

Other possible picks were Mark Wahlberg, Hugh Jackman, and Dwayne Johnson. Wonder what they're going for with the Pikachu role.

Also worth noting that one of the writers is Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity Falls. That gives me some faith.

Alex Hirsch and Ryan Reynolds. Reads good on paper. But what does this have to do with Pikachu... I mean, AT ALL!?

I guess that it might all make more sense if you had played the game... Which is the big problem here.

 

[Deleted User]

aaaaahahahahahahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAaaah [wheeze]

FUCK

is this another one of my weird dreams that feel very real or is this actually fucking real

 

[Coto]

what the actual fuck

 

[WhiteMaze]

Live action Pikachu movie with NO budget HOW TO:

Step 1- Dress up as Pikachu.

Step 2- Roll cameras.

Step 3- Stick fingers in wall plug.

Step 4- ???

Step 5- No profit because that was a fucking horrible movie.

Seriously though. The actual fuck is this shit.

 

[bowser]

Why do people want to fuck up 2018 before it even started?

 

[sarkwalvein]

Why do people want to fuck up 2018 before it even started?

I always asked myself this question after watching EA release the usual cloned FIFA currentyear+1.

 

[K3Nv2]

And here I was half hoping it would be Burt Reynolds

 

[RedBlueGreen]

I get the impression this is gonna be garbage.

 

[SANIC]

That's pretty hot, ya feel me.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

hha deadpool is epic win and very random and funny xd

 

[SANIC]

"as deadpool"

"as S H A D O W"

 

[ov3rkill]

Hell yeah! Gotta kill 'em all!

 

[AutumnWolf]

For anyone wondering dafuq Detective Pikachu is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Detective_Pikachu

So is Ryan Reynolds going to be the motion capture for Pikachu? I would think it would make more sense for him to be this character in red:

One more thing, wonder how many kids in Japan were scarred from this:
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It's not blood

just saying

 

[Seliph]

Very disappointed it wasn't Danny Devito.

it has rumoured that Danny Devito with huge probability could get role of pikachu, it's weird the production picked Ryan Reynolds instead.

No, that was just a meme. He was never actually considered for the role.

 

[leon315]

Hell yeah! Gotta kill 'em all!

O.O SO BADASS PIKACHU! this one is much BETTER, @the abomination designer: watch and learn, this is true skillz.

 

[Spectral Blizzard]

Me: I just can't get over this just please kill me now...
@drenal: No
@Dionicio3: @$!# off.
Me: Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

 

[Deleted User]

Very disappointed it wasn't Danny Devito.


No, that was just a meme. He was never actually considered for the role.

Oops, he dropped his Pocket Monster Condom, his Magnum PokeDong.

sorry couldn't help myself

 

[BORTZ]

Ugh I really have no idea what's going on here. I can't believe that Ryan Reynolds of all people would be chosen for this kind of role but whatever.