First Detective Pikachu Trailer Brings Your Favorite Pokémon To Life

If you've habitually thought Pikachu as having the voice of a wise-cracking middle-aged man, and then the opening Detective Pikachu trailer should come as absolutely no surprise.


In a setting that can only be described as Pokémon Go brought to life, Detective Pikachu stars Justice Smith as 21-year-old Tim, a former Pokémon trainer-hopeful who travels to Ryme City in search of his dad — a private eye who has gone missing. There, Tim fatefully meets Detective Pikachu and the two speedily identify that Tim is the only person able to hear Ryan Reynolds's voice coming from the pocket monster, while each person else hears a beautiful, peppy, "Pika!"


Once Tim gets past the opening shock of his Doctor Dolittle-like capabilities, Detective Pikachu convinces him that they'd be stronger with each other, and with each other they move forward in Tim's search.


Check out the trailer above. Detective Pikachu hits theaters May 11, 2019.