The 2019 Summer Blockbuster season has another entry!
Universal Studios has confirmed that May 10, 2019, will be the release date for the upcoming film, Detective Pikachu, the live action Pokemon film starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith and Kathryn Newton.
Production is set to start in January. The plan is for Universal to handle distribution of Pikachu outside Japan, while Toho will distribute in Japan, as it has done in its partnership with Legendary on the reboot of Godzilla.