With the new trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, it’s pretty clear that the little blue hedgehog from outer space has finally hit stride. And, it stars Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Idris Alba, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, James Marsden, Kristen Ritter and — what’s this? Keanu Reeves?
There’s been a high level security breach at a secret lab, and a dark, twisted hedgehog named Shadow has broken out and is causing mayhem and destruction wherever he goes. He’s fast, of course. He’s extremely powerful, more powerful than Sonic himself. In fact, things are so bad that Team Sonic has to go in search of the one man who might have a chance of containing the threat: Doctor Robotnik.
The stakes are pretty high, fate of the world hanging in the balance, and all of that. If they weren’t, there’d be little point in watching the film. The pitch, the temperature and tone of this third film in the franchise appears perfect. The director is American filmmaker, animator and visual effects artist Jeff Fowler, who directed the previous two Sonic films and the Knuckles TV series on Paramount+. If you do something long enough, you get good at it, and it all comes together in the new trailer.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is currently still in post-production, which means they’re polishing up the visual effects, fixing the sound, finalizing the edit, and adding a musical score. Here’s a surprise: it’s not going to theaters. Paramount+ plans to send Sonic the Hedgehog 3 straight to their own streaming service, expecting to have it all ready to go by December 20, 2024, just in time for the holidays.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a character created by the Japanese game developers Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima. He is the star of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Sega.
