History Trivia / DetectivePikachu

** Dean Israelite (of ''Film/ProjectAlmanac'' and ''[[Film/PowerRangers2017 Power Rangers]]'' fame), Creator/RobertRodriguez, and Tim Miller were reported to be in talks to direct. Miller turned down the job when Sony tapped him to be executive producer of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2018'', while Rodriguez was focusing his time on ''Alita: Battle Angel''. The producers were then suggested to hire Rob Letterman, whose [[WesternAnimation/SharkTale track]] [[Film/{{Goosebumps}} record]] made him perfect for the film's kid-friendly undertones.

** Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/{{Sony}} and Creator/{{Netflix}} were candidates to help produce the movie, but Creator/LegendaryPictures managed to make a more convincing proposal than the former three. Warner and Netflix in particular were said to be more aggressive in their efforts, with Warner having had more experience in the ''Pokémon'' franchise due to releasing the first three anime films worldwide outside Japan (indeed, some speculate that Warner sibling Creator/CartoonNetwork dropped the US broadcast license to the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] for Creator/DisneyXD out of anger for losing the bidding war).

** Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/{{Sony}} and Creator/{{Netflix}} were candidates to help produce the movie, but Creator/LegendaryPictures managed to make a more convincing proposal than the former three. Warner and Netflix in particular were said to be more aggressive in their efforts, with Warner having had more experience in the ''Pokémon'' franchise due to releasing the first three anime films worldwide outside Japan.

* NoExportForYou: It's been several months since its February 2016 release in Japan, yet there has been no word of an official localization for the game. The live-action adaptation subverts this since Creator/LegendaryPictures had plans to distribute globally, and this may become a case of AdaptationFirst.

** Dean Israelite (of ''Film/ProjectAlmanac'' and ''[[Film/PowerRangers2017 Power Rangers]]'' fame), Creator/RobertRodriguez, and Tim Miller were reported to be in talks to direct. Miller turned down the job when Sony tapped him to be executive producer of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog'', while Rodriguez was focusing his time on ''Alita: Battle Angel''. The producers were then suggested to hire Rob Letterman, whose [[WesternAnimation/SharkTale track]] [[Film/{{Goosebumps}} record]] made him perfect for the film's kid-friendly undertones.

** Dean Israelite (of ''Film/ProjectAlmanac'' and ''[[Film/PowerRangers2017 Power Rangers]]'' fame), Creator/RobertRodriguez, and Tim Miller were reported to be in talks to direct. Miller turned down the offer to be executive producer of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog'', while Rodriguez was focusing his time on ''Alita: Battle Angel''. The producers were then suggested to hire Rob Letterman, whose [[WesternAnimation/SharkTale track]] [[Film/{{Goosebumps}} record]] made him perfect for the film's kid-friendly undertones.

** The film was actually going to be mostly inspired by the main games and have Pokémon trainers as the main characters, but The Pokémon Company [[ExecutiveMeddling wanted to center the film entirely on Pikachu]] to make it more marketable. Max Landis (of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'') pitched a screenplay where a boy named Red (a ShoutOut to the canon name the player's trainer in ''Pokémon Red & Green''), the son of a masterful Pokémon trainer, begins to feel hostility to Pokémon after his mother had a falling out with her team of trainers, called Team Rocket (no relation to the gang from the games and anime). Landis left production after Legendary and The Pokémon Company went the ''Detective Pikachu'' route. However, it's possible he may be called back in case Universal and Legendary decide the film becomes successful enough to start a potential cinematic universe.

** The film was actually going to be mostly inspired by the main games and have Pokémon trainers as the main characters, but The Pokémon Company [[ExecutiveMeddling wanted to center the film entirely on Pikachu]] to make it more marketable. Max Landis (of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'') pitched a screenplay where a boy named Red (a ShoutOut to the canon name the player's trainer in ''Pokémon Red & Green''), the son of a masterful Pokémon trainer, begins to feel hostility to Pokémon after his mother had a falling out with her team of trainers, called Team Rocket (no relation to the gang from the games and anime). Landis left production after Legendary and The Pokémon Company went the ''Detective Pikachu'' route.
** Dean Israelite (of ''Film/ProjectAlmanac'' and ''[[Film/PowerRangers2017 Power Rangers]]'' fame), Creator/RobertRodriguez, and Tim Miller were reported to be in talks to direct. Miller turned down the offer to be executive producer of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog'', while Rodriguez was focusing his time on ''Alita: Battle Angel''.

** Dean Israelite (of ''Film/ProjectAlmanac'' and ''Film/PowerRangers'' fame), Creator/RobertRodriguez, and Tim Miller were reported to be in talks to direct. Miller turned down the offer to be executive producer of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog'', while Rodriguez was focusing his time on ''Alita: Battle Angel''.

** When the game was announced there was mention of a Marill character being important. The base game contains no such Marill.

* NoExportForYou: It's been several months since its February 2016 release in Japan, yet there has been no word of an official localization.

** The film was actually going to be mostly inspired by the main games and have Pokémon trainers as the main characters, but The Pokémon Company [[ExecutiveMeddling wanted to center the film entirely on Pikachu]] to make it more marketable. Max Landis (of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'') pitched a screenplay where a boy named Red (a ShoutOut to the canon name the player's trainer in ''Pokémon Red & Green''), the son of a masterful Pokémon trainer, begins to feel hostility to Pokémon after his mother had a falling out with her team of trainers, called Team Rocket (no relation to the gang of the games and anime). Landis left production after Legendary and The Pokémon Company went the ''Detective Pikachu'' route.

** Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/{{Sony}} and Creator/{{Netflix}} were candidates to help produce the movie, but Creator/LegendaryPictures outbid them all.

** Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/{{Sony}} and Creator/{{Netflix}} were candidates to help produce the movie, but Creator/LegendaryPictures outbid them.

** Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/{{Sony}} were candidates to help produce the movie, but Creator/LegendaryPictures outbid them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When the game was announced there was mention of a Marill character being important. The base game contains no such Marill.

* NoExportForYou: It's been several months since it's February 2016 release in Japan, yet there has been no word of an official localization.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Detective Pikachu sounds at times like [[Creator/ToruOkawa Roy]] [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist Mustang]] in the debut trailer.

** Potentially. There is a petition going around in North America, which may allow [[Creator/DannyDevito Danny DeVito]] to voice Detective Pikachu when the game is localized.

* MotionCapture: Detective Pikachu's facial expressions were implemented via this.

* HeyItsThatVoice: It's only speculation at the moment, but Detective Pikachu sounds at times like [[Creator/ToruOkawa Roy]] [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist Mustang]] in the debut trailer.

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* Detective Pikachu's facial expressions were implemented via MotionCapture.