Pokémon Detective Pikachu
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pokémon Detective Pikachu |
| Original title | Pokémon Detective Pikachu |
| Country of production | United States , Japan |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 8 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rob Letterman |
| script | Rob Letterman, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Derek Connolly |
| production |
Mary Parent , Cale Boyter, Don McGowan, Hidenaga Katakami |
| music | Henry Jackman |
| camera | John Mathieson |
| cut |
Mark Sanger , James Thomas |
| occupation | |
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Pokémon Pikachu Master Detective (stylized as POKÉMON: Master Detective Pikachu ) is a fantasy - adventure film by Rob Letterman . It is based on the Pokémon franchise and the video game Detective Pikachu . The film was released in German cinemas on May 9, 2019, and in US cinemas the following day. It is the first real film in the Pokémon franchise and was produced by Legendary Pictures .
The focus of the film is on Tim Goodman and detective Pikachu , a talking Pokémon. The two team up to solve the disappearance of Tim's father Harry Goodman. He was the partner of master detective Pikachu and disappeared under mysterious circumstances after a car accident.
The film received the majority of critical acclaim and is the top-rated video game adaptation by aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes . The film was also successful at the box office and grossed over 400 million US dollars worldwide.
action
Master detective Pikachu takes place in a fictional world known from the Pokémon franchise, in which not only humans but also fictional creatures called Pokémon live. Tim Goodman, a 21-year-old insurance salesman, always wanted to be a Pokémon trainer when he was a child, but gave up after his mother's death and moved in with his grandmother. After hearing of his father's death in a car accident, he travels to Ryme City to pick up his father's property, Harry Goodman. In his father's apartment he meets a speaking Pikachu, which only he can understand. The two of them flee from a group of stylus, ape-like Pokémon, which attack them under the influence of a poisonous gas labeled "R" that Tim accidentally released. With the help of Lucy Stevens, a young reporter, they find a pantimos, a pantomime Pokémon, at the docks of Ryme City , which leads the duo to an illegal Pokémon fight in which they are supposed to find more information about the gas. There they are attacked by a Charizard under the influence of the gas. You learn from the owner of the charmer that he received the gas from a person called a "doctor".
Tim and Pikachu are taken to Howard Clifford, the wheelchair-sitting founder of Ryme City, who tells them that Harry Goodman did not die in the car accident, but was kidnapped by a mysterious Pokémon named Mewtwo, which recently escaped from a research laboratory . Mewtwo is also said to have caused the car accident and deleted the thoughts of Pikachu, who was Harry's partner in the accident. After Howard warns them about his son Roger, who is said to have secretly taken control of Ryme City, Tim and Pikachu go to the research laboratory with reporter Lucy. There they find out that the "doctor" is actually the researcher Dr. Ann Laurent is who, supported by Harry and detective Pikachu, is said to have carried out experiments on the mysterious Pokémon Mewtwo. After being attacked by three quajutsu, the three of them have to flee from the laboratory and, although they can escape in a huge chelterrar garden with the help of Lucy's Enton, Pikachu is injured in this escape. After Tim asks some Bulbasaur to heal Pikachu, they lead them to Mewtwo, who heals Pikachu. Mewtwo tells Tim and Pikachu that Pikachu has freed it from the laboratory, but is captured by Roger Clifford before it could show Tim and Pikachu what really happened on the night of the accident. Pikachu, who is convinced that it has betrayed Harry to the evil Mewtwo, separates from Tim and Lucy and discovers at the scene of the accident that Harry was not attacked by Mewtwo but by Quajutsu. Meanwhile, Tim and Lucy go to Ryme City to warn Howard.
When Tim meets Howard, he learns that he intends to transfer his consciousness through the R-Gas into Mewtwo's body in order to use his powers to fuse all Pokémon with their users. After Tim learns that the real Roger Clifford has been locked away by Howard and replaced with a shape-shifting Ditto, Howard begins to merge the people of Ryme City with the Pokémon. When Pikachu returns and uses his electrical powers to attack the Howard-controlled Mewtwo, Tim manages to free Mewtwo from Howard's influence. While Mewtwo frees the humans and Pokémon from the merger, Howard is arrested by the police. Mewtwo reveals to Tim that instead of kidnapping Harry, he fused Harry with Pikachu to heal him from the injuries sustained in the accident, removing Harry's memories while keeping Harry's consciousness in Pikachu. After Mewtwo reverses this merger, Tim is offered by his fully returned father to go back home. Tim decides to stay with Harry and Pikachu and become a detective himself.
production
In April 2016, it was announced that Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures had secured the rights to a real-life version of Pokémon. On July 20, 2016, it was announced that the film would be a live version of Detective Pikachu .
In the original Pikachu is spoken by Ryan Reynolds , his facial expressions were transferred to Pikachu with motion capture . Justice Smith plays the leading role . The film is directed by Rob Lettermann, who wrote the script with Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit and Derek Connolly. The film is produced by Oscar nominees Mary Parent , Cale Boyter, Hidenaga Katakami and Don McGowan. The score was composed by Henry Jackman .
On November 12, 2018, the first trailer for the film was published and the first footage was shown.
The film has been in cinemas in Japan since May 3, 2019, in Germany since May 9, and in the USA since May 10, 2019. With $ 58 million in revenue, Detective Pikachu had the best video game release ever
synchronization
The German-language dubbed version of the film was produced by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron based on a dialogue book by Marius Clarén and the dialogue direction by Solveig Duda . For the Pokémon Mewtwo, Frank Muth could again be engaged as a spokesman, who spoke the character in the first Pokémon film and its follow-up special.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Pikachu , Harry Goodman | Ryan Reynolds | Dennis Schmidt-Foss |
| Tim Goodman | Justice Smith | Marco Eßer |
| Lucy Stevens | Kathryn Newton | Jodie Blank |
| Sebastian | Omar Chaparro | Leonhard Mahlich |
| Roger Clifford | Chris Geere | Arne Stephan |
| Lt. Hide Yoshida | Ken Watanabe | Tōru Tanabe |
| Howard Clifford | Bill Nighy | Frank Glaubrecht |
| Jack | Karan Soni | Dirk Petrick |
| Dr. Ann Laurent | Rita Ora | Anja Stadlober |
| Mewtwo | Rina Hoshino / Kotaro Watanabe | Frank Muth |
| Duck | Patrick Keller |
Gross profit
On the opening weekend alone, detective Pikachu grossed 103 million US dollars and even overtook Avengers: Endgame this weekend. In Germany, the film made its debut at number 2 on the cinema charts, with grossing approximately 5 million US dollars in the first five days. In North America, the film grossed $ 58 million on its release weekend, trailing Avengers: Endgame that weekend with $ 63 million. Thus laying master detective Pikachu the best start of a video game adaptation ever go, followed by Lara Croft: Tomb Raider .
Globally, the film grossed approximately $ 431.7 million as of August 1, 2019, with a production budget of approximately $ 150 million. In Germany, 1,426,795 visitors saw the film in cinemas, which means it is currently number 13 in the German annual charts for 2019 . The film grossed around 12 million euros across Germany.
Web links
- Pokémon Pikachu master detective in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Pokémon Detective Pikachu . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 189301 / K).
- ↑ Age rating for Pokémon Detective Pikachu . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Björn Becher: "Pokémon" real film is coming , In: Filmstarts.de ; from April 15, 2016 (accessed March 8, 2019)
- ↑ Luis Kümmeler: Pokémon: Real adaptation has officially received the "GO" , In: PCGames.de ; from July 21, 2018 (accessed March 8, 2019)
- ↑ The Get Down's Justice Smith Stars in Legendary's live-action Pokémon film . March 8, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ N. Sälzle: "Pokémon - Master Detective Pikachu" trailer , In: MovieJones.de ; dated November 13, 2018 (accessed March 8, 2019)
- ↑ Movie starts: Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Cinema charts: Pokémon detective Pikachu attacks Avengers 4: Endgame. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Pokémon Detective Pikachu. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Denise Petski: 'Vinyl' Teaser: First Look At Martin Scorsese's' 70s-Set Rock Drama For HBO . August 6, 2015.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay: 'Pokemon Detective Pikachu' beats 'Avengers: Endgame' , In: ScreenDaily.com ; dated May 12, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019.
- ↑ Alexander Börste: Cinema Charts: Pokémon Detective Pikachu Attacks Avengers 4: Endgame , In: Moviepilot .de ; dated May 13, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019.
- ↑ Pokemon Detective Pikachu , In: BoxOfficeMojo.com ; dated August 15, 2019, accessed October 27, 2019.
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 2019 , In: InsideKino.de ; October 20, 2019, accessed October 27, 2019.