[The Epoch Times, April 25, 2024](Compiled and reported by Epoch Times reporter Ye Jie) Toby Asher, the producer of the live-action “Sonic Kid” series, recently revealed that a large part of the plot of the third film comes from 2001 Inspired by the game “Sonic Adventures 2”. The shadow hedgehog “Shat” in the film will be voiced by Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves.
The live-action movie “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” will be released in the United States on December 20, 2024. According to foreign media reports, Keanu Reeves, the leading actor in the “The Matrix” and “The Hedgehog” series, Reeves has been invited by Paramount Pictures to voice “Shadow” in “Sonic 3”, and the film will also include the song “Live and Learn” from “Sonic 2”.
According to Box Office Mojo statistics, the global box office revenue of the first part of the series, “Sonic Kid” in 2020, and “Sonic Kid 2” in 2022 were US$319 million and US$405 million respectively. Although the two films received only 64% and 69% negative reviews from critics on the film review website “Rotten Tomatoes”, they were deeply loved by the audience, giving them high freshness ratings of 93% and 96% respectively.
As early as 2022, after the second movie was released, social media went viral for a “Shat” animation dubbed by Levi (https://twitter.com/SonicpoX/status/1512169048557162499), wrote next to the video: “What would it be like if ‘Keanu Reeves’ voiced Chat?” Netizens replied, “Yes, that would be crazy.” “It looks great.” “Yo, this is difficult. Yes!” “That’s what I hope for.” “Keanu would be the best choice. His voice is very suitable for this film.”
Now Levi’s dubbing for Chat has become a reality (https://twitter.com/Nef_216/status/1780036247165047202), netizens’ long-awaited expectations have finally come true. Many netizens responded to the 2022 “Shadow” animation post with surprised expressions. Netizens replied, “Tell me how you did it.” “Keanu Reeves is real!!” “You are How?” “Thank you for your prediction.”
In addition to Levi, the voice cast of “Sonic 3” also includes Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Idris Elba as Knuckles, Colleen O’Shaughnessey voices Tails and more.
On the 21st, producer Toby Ascher told GamesRadar: “This is probably the most exciting thing we’ve ever done in the Sonic franchise. It’s going to be a big, fun, exciting movie. It’s an incredible movie. It obviously draws a lot from Sonic Adventure 2 and some of the games that I know the core members of the Sonic team have loved growing up.”
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