Copy of 'Detective Pikachu' leaked; fans suspect Ryan Reynolds

The 1 hour 42 minute-long supposedly 'pirated' footage found its way on YouTube with an 'R Reynolds' watermark.

By PTI | May 08, 2019, 12.31 PM IST

LOS ANGELES: In a first, the team of "Detective Pikachu" created its own "leak" copy of the film and Ryan Reynolds, the voice of the beloved Pokemon, brought it to Warner Bros attention on social media in his signature wry humour.

Days ahead of its theatrical release, the 1 hour 42 minute-long supposedly 'pirated' footage found its way on the Internet with an 'R Reynolds' watermark placed quite conspicuously in the clip.

The video, titled 'Pokemon Detective Pikachu: Full Picture', was shared from a Twitter account called Inspector Pikachu.

POKÉMON Detective Pikachu -- FULL MOVIE -- https://t.co/qsqXvUOpvI
— Inspector Pikachu (@InspectrPikachu) 1557263496000

Reynolds retweeted the post and "informed" the studio and the movie's official account on the microblogging site about the supposed "leak".

"Attn @DetPikachuMovie @warnerbros. Leak..." wrote the actor.

Um.... Attn @DetPikachuMovie @warnerbros https://t.co/UF7qYtKOYV
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) 1557267303000

At the first glance, it seems that it could be a pirated copy of the film but the video is a well thought-out and funny marketing gimmick, which shows Pikachu dancing to Bobby King's "I Cannot Hear You" for almost two hours straight.

"Detective Pikachu" is slated to be released Friday.

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