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Director Jonathan Krisel Set To Helm ‘Detective Pikachu 2’

Today, Deadline announced that director Jonathan Krisel is set to helm the upcoming sequel to Detective Pikachu. He is best known for directing Portlandia. Movement was quiet on the highly anticipated sequel until last month when Legendary confirmed the film was still in active development. Krisel takes over from director Rob Letterman who helmed the […]

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‘Detective Pikachu 2’ Still In Active Development at Legendary

In 2019, Legendary Pictures released the first live-action Pokemon movie starring Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu. The film was a commercial and critical success, with fans praising it for its humor and accurate adaption of the Japanese anime. The studio quickly put into development a sequel, but the COVID-19 pandemic hit the […]

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Netflix Teams With Legendary For ‘My Hero Academia’ Live-Action Movie From Director Shinsuke Sato

Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Netflix, alongside Legendary Pictures, is in early development on an English-language live-action movie of the anime My Hero Academia. The original manga debuted back in 2014 and was eventually developed into an anime in Japan. For superhero fanboy Izuku Midoriya (aka Deku), being born without a quirk makes him […]