Detective Pikachu 2 Is “Nearing Release”

Remember the hit video game movie Detective Pikachu featuring Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Pikachu? Well, we’re getting a sequel in the near future it seems; the video game it’s based on, at least.

A developer’s LinkedIn profile for one Jonathan Murphy (via Famiboards), senior game programmer at Creatures Inc., said that he and his team are working on one unannounced project and one nearing release: Detective Pikachu 2. The sequel has no official release date and has yet to be brought up by Pokemon Company, the game’s publisher.

The game might take place after the events of the first game. As for a movie version of part 2? That definitely seems unlikely according to the film’s actor Justice Smith.

“I would love to participate in Detective Pikachu 2. I don’t know if it’s going to happen. I think we have to just kind of bury our hopes. I don’t think it’s going to happen. I really hope so though. Honestly, I’m such a huge fan, who knows, who knows? I hope so.”