The subsequent film within the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is able to hit the bottom operating.
Paramount Pictures is at present in growth on Sonic the Hedgehog 4 forward of the third film hitting theaters Friday. The studio is eyeing a spring 2027 launch for the newest installment within the sequence that’s based mostly on the favored Sega online game.
There has not but been an announcement on who’s writing or directing the fourth movie, and plot particulars haven’t been revealed. Jeff Fowler directed the primary three titles and helmed the third film from a script by Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Whittington.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 sees the return of franchise staples Ben Schwartz because the voice of the title character and Jim Carrey in a twin function as Dr. Robotnik and the mad scientist’s grandfather. Rounding out the forged are Krysten Ritter, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, James Marsden and Tika Sumpter, whereas extra voices are supplied by Keanu Reeves (Shadow the Hedgehog), Idris Elba (Knuckles) and Colleen O’Shaughnessey (Tails).
The first two movies have collectively surpassed $725 million on the international field workplace. The franchise, which kicked off with the February 2020 launch of Sonic the Hedgehog, has additionally spawned the Paramount+ sequence Knuckles, which debuted earlier this yr.
In his evaluation of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for The Hollywood Reporter, chief movie critic David Rooney known as the film “a well-balanced, fast-paced mix of motion and slapstick comedy that, on this case, takes place in such scenic locales as Tokyo and London.”
Variety first reported the information of a fourth film.
