Live Action Movie! Featuring Detective Pikachu!

[Neo Emolga]

As long as it doesn't feature Ash, we're already off to a good start.

I still have mixed feelings about this, though. If they could somehow convince or otherwise blackmail Danny Devito into doing Pikachu's voice, there's potential for this to be both enjoyed by kids and adults. I think the only way they can pull it off is to not take it too seriously. Good storyline, VERY EFFECTIVE HUMOR, and exceptional acting may make it squeeze through with a decent rating. It's still going to be a lot like walking on thin ice, however, but if they do everything right and play their cards as best and as resourcefully as they can, they could pull it off.

I kind of want to think of it like the movie Ted, but instead of a teddy bear and all the crude M-rated humor, we've got a Pikachu with Danny Devito's voice solving a mystery that is actually well-thought out and has plenty of decent plot twists. Keep the childlike charm to it, but have plenty of humor adults can appreciate and relate to also. Zootopia did it, these guys could do it also.

But yeah, we'll still need to keep our fingers crossed for this one.