When Sonic 3 hits the theaters later this yr, you might be able to watch a franchise fan favourite be voiced by one among Hollywood’s all-time fan favourite actors. Keanu Reeves will play the broody, tortured Shadow the Hedgehog, in line with The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. The antihero, who’s each an arch-rival and an ally to Sonic, can be created by Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik after the occasions of Sonic 2, primarily based on the film’s first footage introduced at CinemaCon final week.
Shadow has an extended historical past within the Sonic universe and first appeared in Sonic Journey 2, which got here out again in 2001. The black-furred anthropomorphic hedgehog was created within the video games to assist discover a treatment for Dr. Robotnik’s granddaughter Maria, who had a terminal illness. It is unclear if the film will observe an analogous storyline — although we are able to once more anticipate Sonic and his gang to cease Dr. Robotnik’s plans to take over the world — however we’ll probably get extra particulars concerning the movie earlier than it comes out on December 20. Jeff Fowler will nonetheless lead the manufacturing as its director, whereas Ben Schwartz and James Marsden are reprising their roles as Sonic and his adoptive father-of-sorts Sheriff Tom Wachowski, respectively.
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