Entertainment <\/p>\n
\n\tThe \u201cPok\u00e9mon Detective Pikachu\u201d sequel has finally caught a director.<\/p>\n
\n\tJonathan Krisel, co-creator of \u201cPortlandia,\u201d is in negotiations with Legendary Entertainment to direct the sequel to the live-action \u201cPok\u00e9mon\u201d movie from 2019. Chris Galletta will write the script.<\/p>\n
\n\tKrisel co-created, wrote and executive produced IFC\u2019s sketch comedy show \u201cPortlandia,\u201d which starred fellow co-creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in a multitude of oddball situations around Portland, Oregon. He also co-created, wrote and directed FX\u2019s \u201cBaskets,\u201d starring Zach Galifianakis as a rodeo clown. Previously, Galletta wrote the 2013 coming-of-age comedy \u201cThe Kings of Summer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe original \u201cPok\u00e9mon Detective Pikachu\u201d starred Ryan Reynolds as a talking, coffee-loving Pikachu who fancied himself as a Sherlock Holmes. The electric mouse teams up with Tim Goodman, a down-on-his-luck Pok\u00e9mon trainer played by Justice Smith, to find Tim\u2019s missing dad. The cast included Kathryn Newton, who\u2019s currently starring in \u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,\u201d Suki Waterhouse, Ken Watanabe, Rita Ora and more. <\/p>\n
\n\tIt was the first live-action \u201cPok\u00e9mon\u201d movie ever made, after the hit video game franchise has sold more than 440 million video games sold worldwide, tens of billions of Pok\u00e9mon cards, and more than 1,200 episodes of the popular anime series. It\u2019s been a big week so far for \u201cPok\u00e9mon\u201d; on Monday, Netflix announced a new, stop-motion animated series, titled \u201cPok\u00e9mon Concierge,\u201d<\/a> will release on the streamer. There\u2019s also a live-action Netflix series<\/a> in early development, which Variety<\/em> exclusively reported in 2021.<\/p>\n \n\tKrisel is represented by UTA, Mosaic and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich & Gellman. Galletta is represented by UTA and Anonymous Content.<\/p>\n \n\tDeadline first reported the news.<\/p>\n