During a recent interview with IGN‘s Joshua Yehl, POKÉMON Detective Pikachu director Rob Letterman likened the appearance of Pokémon in the upcoming film to how animal-like characters appear in critically-acclaimed movies such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Jungle Book and Fantastic Beasts:
“They’re incredibly real, you should think of it as the way [Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy character] Rocket Raccoon sits in the movie as if he’s really there. It’s that technology. The same group of people that worked on that, or worked on Jungle Book. We’ve got the people on it that worked on Fantastic Beasts. They’re technically, some of the most high-end visual effects in the world,” Letterman said. “It’s completely photorealistic, like they are alive and in the movie.”
Source: IGN.com
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