Who directed the 2019 film Detective Pikachu?

Rob Letterman directed the 2019 film Detective Pikachu.

The movie is a live-action animated fantasy comedy based loosely on the 2016 video game Detective Pikachu. It follows Tim Goodman, played by Justice Smith, as he investigates his father’s disappearance with a talking Detective Pikachu voiced by Ryan Reynolds.

Detective Pikachu was the first live-action film based on the Pokémon franchise. It combined human actors and physical environments with computer-generated Pokémon, including Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo, and many other species. The film was released in Japan on May 3, 2019, followed by the United States on May 10.

Rob Letterman had previously directed films such as Monsters vs. Aliens and Goosebumps. Detective Pikachu is sometimes confused with the animated Pokémon feature films directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, but it belongs to a separate live-action film continuity and is not an adaptation of Ash’s main anime storyline.