Kathryn Newton, who appeared in HBO's Big Little Lies, has nabbed the female lead for Legendary’s live-action movie adaptation of Pokemon.
Get Down star Justice Smith was picked as the male lead for the movie based on the gaming franchise and the project, titled Detective Pikachu, just wrapped an intense session of reading and testing actresses who would appear opposite him.
Stranger Things star Natalia Dyer, Haley Lu Richardson, who broke out earlier this year with M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, and 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford were also in the running for the role.
Newton, who had a big...
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Get Down star Justice Smith was picked as the male lead for the movie based on the gaming franchise and the project, titled Detective Pikachu, just wrapped an intense session of reading and testing actresses who would appear opposite him.
Stranger Things star Natalia Dyer, Haley Lu Richardson, who broke out earlier this year with M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, and 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford were also in the running for the role.
Newton, who had a big...