A new HBO initiative designed to help keep people stuck at home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has led to an array of shows and movies being offered for free. While the selection isn’t robust, there’s one thing that might especially be of interest. A person can go through HBO Go or HBO Now on April 3, 2020 to start a free Detective Pikachu stream. The official press release also says eventually other services, like say Hulu, will also offer it for free.
The free Detective Pikachu stream option is one of the many kid-friendly Warner Bros. movies available in the list of 20 being offered for this initiative. All someone needs to do to begin watching is go to the HBO Go page and click to begin.
While Detective Pikachu is the only gaming-related movie or show available to stream, a number of other documentary, movies, and TV series are currently free to stream on HBO as well. Here’s the full list:
- The Apollo
- Arthur
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks
- Ballers
- Barry
- Blinded by the Light
- The Bridges of Madison County
- The Case Against Adnan Syed
- Crazy Stupid Love
- Elvis Presley: The Searcher
- Empire of the Sun
- Forget Paris
- Happy Feet Two
- I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter
- The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
- Isn’t It Romantic?
- Jane Fonda in Five Acts
- McMillion$
- Midnight Special
- My Dog Skip
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
- Pan
- Pokemon Detective Pikachu
- Red Riding Hood
- Silicon Valley
- Six Feet Under
- Smallfoot
- The Sopranos
- Storks
- Succession
- Sucker Punch
- True Blood
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
- United Skates
- Unknown
- Veep
- We are the Dream: The Kids of the MLK Oakland Oratorical Fest
- The Wire
The Detective Pikachu movie is available digitally and physically. Back when it was released, it had the best video game movie adaptation box office opening.
