Ryan Reynolds Has Been Cast as ‘Detective Pikachu’ Because Why the Hell Not

So one of the weirdest projects out there for a while has been Legendary’s live action/cgi hybrid Detective Pikachu movie. I mean, it’s a live action/cgi hybrid Detective Pikachu movie. No one was really expecting it to happen, and now the latest news is that it has a rather unexpected star: Ryan Reynolds.

That’s right, Ryan Reynolds is going to play Detective Pikachu in the Detective Pikachu movie. I mean, it’s not badcasting – Reynolds is a talented actor – but it’s definitely weird casting. I mean, he’s a funny guy (remember, unlike most Pokemon, Detective Pikachu can talk), but it’s not a direction most people thought casting would go.

The film will also star Justice Smith and Kathryn Newton, and is being directed by Rob Letterman. Alex Hirsch and Nicole Perlman wrote the screenplay, but beyond that we have very few details about the film.

But it sure is shaping up to be strange.

Via THR