As you might know, Detective Pikachu is going to be made into a full-fledged movie directed by Rob Letterman with Ryan Reynolds starring as the yellow furball himself. Many people have wondered why Ash Ketchum - the protagonist in several movies and TV series about Pokémon - isn't included this time. If you're among those wondering, Letterman has delivered an answer:
"The Pokémon Company, they've already made many, many movies of Ash, and they came to Legendary with this idea of using a new character. So when I came on board, I was pitched this character of Detective Pikachu, and I fell in love with the story behind it. It's a really great story. It was something with a lot of heart, and it was just very unique. And because there's already been so much work done with Ash, for the first live-action movie I thought it was a really good idea to try something new with a new character but bake it into the universe of Pokémon. So it still follows all the rules, and we get to see a lot of our favorite things."
Will you miss Ash?
Thanks IGN.