Sonic will once again get the live-action movie treatment as a third installment has been announced and is said to be officially in development at Paramount. Moreover, Paramount announced that a live-action Knuckles TV series will air next year, with the character voiced by Idris Elba.

#SonicMovie3 is officially in development from @ParamountPics and @SEGA! Plus, next year a new original #Knuckles series with @IdrisElba is coming to #ParamountPlus. #SonicMovie2 hits theaters April 8! pic.twitter.com/M0EM3NNd2p

— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) February 15, 2022

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"We've got a remarkable partnership with Paramount, and we are excited to continue expanding the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise with them," Sega CEO Haruki Satomi said.

A special message about the future of the Sonic franchise from the CEO of SEGA CORPORATION, Haruki Satomi: pic.twitter.com/i3XX5YwsY3

— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) February 15, 2022

The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 live-action movie premieres this April 8th.

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[BlueFox gui]

cool, but i think its too early to announce a third movie

 

[Xzi]

Can't have been cheap locking down Idris Elba for a recurring role in a series. They're betting big on the Sonic cinematic universe.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Sonic 3 better have Shadow 'cause no one else comes close to being as good or legendary as he is.

Also, a Knuckles series? They'll need to make it very interesting for a character most of us don't care for.

 

[XDel]

I love it when shallow generic cartoons get rebooted into movies. Especially when they are based upon games that lack a gripping story not to mention characters. The world is generic. I enjoyed Sonic when it first released but I've always felt that the series has been mostly over hyped after that initial release. In fact any sonic game I have played since that was not a total train wreck, was held back only because they tried to cram a story in there and add character appeal. Sonic should be like the original DOOM, get the basic script... animals need saving from robot army.... do it. Done.

Now if you want a game franchise to convert into a movie, do the original Alone in the Dark, but shoot it like an old Hammer Film.

 

[Flaire]

Let's just hope knuckles is smarter than he is in sonic boom.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Let's just hope knuckles is smarter than he is in sonic boom.

The only good thing about the Boom franchise was the two 3DS games, I think. The show was alright and the WU game sucked ass.

Even if Sega tried to "remaster" Sonic Boom (WU) for modern consoles, they couldn't simply do that because that game is broken beyond belief.

 

[Bladexdsl]

how about they release the fucking second one first and let us see how bad it is before making a 3rd

 

[raxadian]

I hope they don't make the poor guy Sponge Bob level stupid.

 

[eyeliner]

Indeed, Sega does what Nintendon't.

 

[gaga941021]

The only good thing about the Boom franchise was the two 3DS games, I think. The show was alright and the WU game sucked ass.

Even if Sega tried to "remaster" Sonic Boom (WU) for modern consoles, they couldn't simply do that because that game is broken beyond belief.

Nobody talks about remastering anything.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Nobody talks about remastering anything.

No one thought Sonic Colors would get remastered, and it did. Great game.

 

[shaunj66]

Sonic doing well in pretty much everything but the games. They seriously need to buckle up and make Frontiers at least half decent, though I'd put money on it being dogshit.

Either that or just make Evening Star the new Sonic Team.

 

[x65943]

Seeing this headline I somehow thought I totally missed the release of Sonic 2

 

[RedoLane]

One of my worst fears ever since watching the first movie and enjoying it to death.
They really had to go there, didn't they?
When will they start realizing that this marketing strategy has TOO MUCH AT STAKE??
A sequel, fine, I get it, but aren't two movies just enough to give a fair tribute to the blue blur?
Why another one + a show?
Haven't they learned anything from the games?
*sigh* It reminds me of Michael Bay's Transformers movies..

just make Evening Star the new Sonic Team.

Well to be fair, they're working on their own game now.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Well to be fair, they're working on their own game now.

Trailer looks good, but then again so did Sonic Forces and we all know how that turned out.

 

[krakenx]

They better name this movie "Sonic 3 and Knuckles"

 

[Fyrus]

Sonic should be like the original DOOM

SRB2, close enough

 

[Kioku]

The second movie looks good, but it's not even out yet is it? They're really feeling themselves here.

 

[RedoLane]

Trailer looks good, but then again so did Sonic Forces and we all know how that turned out.

Evening Star aren't making a Sonic game.