In this liveaction adventure comedy, sonic and his new best friend tom james marsden team up to defend the planet from the evil genius dr. Apr 30, 2019 sonic the hedgehog trailer 2019 jim carrey movie plot. The film will look to capture sonics irreverent tone and spirit, reuniting him with some of the most revered and infamous characters of the franchise, including the evil dr. This time though theres a new character recruited to the team to help save the world from the evil as ever, dr. Sonics liveaction design upset the entire internet, so the. Sonic the hedgehog to zoom into home theaters early on march 31. I enjoyed it a lot more than i have a lot of other videogame cash in movies anyway. An early trailer for the film revealed a sonic whose eyes and teeth were deemed to be incorrect and unattractive, setting off an internet firestorm. The iconic video game hero sonic the hedgehog is heading to hollywood after sony announced plans for a bigscreen outing for the nippy sega. On the contrary, they are now developing a sonic the hedgehog movie with sony.
Sonic the hedgehog was originally scheduled to be released sometime in 2018 by sony pictures releasing, but in february 2018, shortly after taking over the. In 20, sony pictures acquired the film rights to the franchise, and by 2014, had a movie adaptation in development. Sony developing sonic the hedgehog liveactioncgi movie. The mystery behind sonys dark and edgy sonic the hedgehog.
After discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a smalltown police officer must help him defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments on him. The heroic hedgehog appeared in 1991 on the sega genesis in. So, considering sonic the hedgehogs popularity, it makes sense that a featurelength film for the spunky protagonist is in the works, but sony pictures is no longer attached to the project, as. On october 2, 2017, paramount pictures announced that they had acquired the rights after sonys columbia pictures put the film into a turnaround. Sonic the hedgehog movie in the works at sony, marza animation planet neal moritz will produce through his original film banner, while toby ascher will executive produce. Thr confirms that paramount pictures has nabbed the rights to produce the sonic the hedgehog movie after sony entertainment put it into turnaround. Jun 10, 2014 sony and producer neal moritz are bringing the bestselling sega video game sonic the hedgehog to the big screen. Sonic the hedgehog is speeding to theatres for a big screen adventure for the whole family. The film will reportedly capture, according to an official press release, sonics irreverent tone and spirit, reuniting him with some of the most revered and infamous characters of the franchise. After sony puts the film in turnaround hollywood jargon for when a.
Back in the early 1990s 92 or 93 me and a friend rented a sega megadrive from my local video shop you could rent videogame consoles back. Neal moritz is producing from under his original film banner with marzas takeshi ito and mie onishi. Sonic the hedgehog got a supernecessary redesign just in time for the 2020 sonic the hedgehog movie. An artist who was a sonic expert was hired to help out marza animation planet, trixter, blur studio, and digital domain. This is no detective pikachu, with audiences unsure whether they. Sonic the hedgehog 2020 new official trailer paramount. None of the below sites are live, however according to the site ownership details, they were all registered by sony pictures on tuesday 3rd december 20. Sony spins into action segas mascot a blue hedgehog capable of reaching supersonic speeds will be the star of a feature film mixing cgi and live action angry birds.
Sonic the hedgehog has been in development as a movie since hollywood studio sony acquired the adaptation rights in 20. At the beginning of the film, sonic is terribly lonely. It would be overly charitable to say that sonic the hedgehog sets a new bar for video game adaptations. The studio is teaming with japanbased production company marza animation planet. Paramount picks up sonic the hedgehog movie screen rant. Sonic forces is the latest edition in the longstanding franchise that has been running since 1991. In an interesting turn of events, sony will no longer be the studio producing this movie, however. Nov 12, 2019 sonic the hedgehog is speeding to theatres for a big screen adventure for the whole family. Sonic the hedgehog got a new design, see before and after pics. Other members of the planet, such as longclaw the owl, the echidna tribe, and miles tails prower the fox, are also sapient versions of earth animals. Sony pictures have signed on to create a sonic the hedgehog movie. The next stop may be a hybrid animatedliveaction film, as reported by the hollywood reporter on tuesday a sonic film is currently in development at sony pictures under producer neal moritz, whose recent credits include the fast and the furious franchise.
Moritz, under his original film banner, recently signed an upcoming firstlook deal with paramount. Sonic the hedgehog 2020 movie eng sub english sonic. Sony is planning a sonic the hedgehog movie, to be produced by neal moritz 22 jump street and written by ucb alums evan susser and van robichaux. Sonic the hedgehog is now available on 4k ultra hd, blu. Written by evan susser, van robichaux, produced by neal moritz 21 jump street, jack the giant slayer and much more and animated by marza animation planet a division of sega sammy, the sonic feature is confirmed to be a cglive action hybrid much like sonys the smurfs franchise, and will star not. Schwartz, ben, carrey, jim, marsden, james, sumpter, tika, mcdonough, neal, howard, debs, lapp, leanne. The sonic the hedgehog controversy and redesign, explained. The film is directed by jeff fowler in his feature directorial debut from a screenplay. The movie on tv in uk is a 2020 britishamericancanadianjapanese liveaction computer animated action adventure science fiction film based on the sonic the hedgehog video game franchise by sega. Fans of speedy cartoon hedgehogs have never been more relieved.
It would be surprising to come across anyone, or at least anyone who has played a video game before, that does not know sonic the hedgehog and his evergrowing list of friends. May 02, 2019 sonic the hedgehogs redesign upset the entire internet, so the studio is changing its look. On the october 4, 2017 episode of film daily, peter sciretta is joined by ben pearson and hoaitran bui to talk about the latest news including a bunch of star wars related news, a liveaction sonic the hedgehog movie, halloween reboot casting, and a hugh hefner biopic. Sony pictures have registered 3 sonic the hedgehog movie. Sony pictures and sega working on sonic movie newsuperchris leave a like new. Sonic the hedgehog movie to be redesigned after criticism of trailer. The film is directed by jeff fowler and stars ben schwartz, james marsden, tika sumpter, and jim carrey. Initially, sony pictures acquired the film rights to sonic the hedgehog from sega in 20, and officially gave the greenlight at a private joint. Sonic the hedgehog film paramount pictures wiki fandom.
On june 10, 2014, a liveaction animated film based on sonic the hedgehog was announced as a joint venture between sony pictures and marza animation planet. Sonic the hedgehog to zoom into home theaters early on. On june 10, 2014, a liveaction animated film was announced as a joint venture between sony pictures and marza animation planet, a japanbased subsidiary of sega sammy group who had produced prerendered cutscenes for several. Said sony pictures production president hannah minghella. Director jeff fowler and original character designer naoto ohshima have chimed in on the conversation. The film, a liveaction and cgi hybrid, follows the worlds fastest hedgehog, teaming up with his new best friend tom james marsden to defend the. Jun 10, 2014 a sonic film is currently in development at sony pictures under producer neal moritz, whose recent credits include the fast and the furious franchise, dark horse comics adaptation r. Mar 31, 2020 it would be overly charitable to say that sonic the hedgehog sets a new bar for video game adaptations. Taking gotta go fast to a new, extremely corporate studiofocused level, paramount announced today that its fasttracking its recent chilidog scarfing video game adaptation, sonic the hedgehog, for a home video release.
The first sonic game, sonic the hedgehog, is a platform game released in 1991. Jim carrey, ben schwartz and james marsden star in sonic the hedgehog, the first liveaction film based on segas. A solid, fun and watchable family film, sonic the hedgehog doesnt always hang together, but it does at least do justice to one of gamings most iconic characters. Robotnik from taking over the world using the chaos emeralds. Segas mascot a blue hedgehog capable of reaching supersonic speeds will be the star of a feature film mixing cgi and live action. Sonic the hedgehogs redesign upset the entire internet, so the studio is changing its look. Sonic the hedgehog trailer 2019 jim carrey movie plot. On june 10, 2014, a liveaction animated film was announced as a joint venture between sony pictures and marza animation planet, a japanbased subsidiary of sega sammy group who had produced prerendered cutscenes for several sonic the hedgehog games.
In 20, sony pictures acquired the film rights to the sonic franchise, and by 2014 had an adaptation in development. The familyfriendly film also stars tika sumpter and ben schwartz as the voice of sonic. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Initially, sony pictures acquired the film rights to sonic the hedgehog from sega in 20, and officially gave the greenlight at a private joint segasony pictures.
Sonic the hedgehog stars talk fans passion, character redesign and new movie. Sony pictures entertainment originally acquired the rights to distribute a film based on sonic the hedgehog in 20. Later that same day, at a private segasony pictures press conference, the hollywood reporter reported the confirmation of the film, and that sony had greenlit the project. Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from sega, sonic the hedgehog tells the story of the worlds speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on earth. The sonic the hedgehog franchise started life as a video game, before branching out to comic books and multiple animated series. Jun 11, 2014 sony pictures will coproduce an upcoming, featurelength movie based on sonic the hedgehog that combines cg animation and liveaction performance.
Jun 10, 2014 said sony pictures production president hannah minghella. Jun 10, 2014 the film will reportedly capture, according to an official press release, sonic s irreverent tone and spirit, reuniting him with some of the most revered and infamous characters of the franchise. From the sounds of it, the head of paramount or even the people. Written by evan susser, van robichaux, produced by neal moritz 21 jump street, jack the giant slayer and much more and animated by marza animation planet a division of sega sammy, the sonic feature is confirmed to be a cglive action hybrid. Sonic the hedgehog movie in the works at sony, marza.
Well, the sonic the hedgehog movie has a trailer, and wow, is it unpopular. Initially, sony pictures acquired the film rights to sonic the hedgehog from sega in 20, and officially gave the greenlight at a private joint sega sony pictures press conference announcing the film on 10 june 2014. Sonics liveaction design upset the entire internet, so. The film is directed by jeff fowler in his feature directorial debut from a. Fowler was signed on in 2016, not long before the rights were sold to paramount by sony. Sonic the hedgehog film rights given to paramount game rant. Sonic runs through green hill zone, the first zone of sonic the hedgehog 1991. I dont like to be rough on newbie directors unless they attempt to direct animated films when having no previous background in animation, so im going to go to the source of this films worst problem. Sonic the hedgehog is the latest attempt to translate the magic of videogaming to the big screen, and now the small screen with the film becoming available to buy digitally as an early easter presentheres the thing. Sony pictures will coproduce an upcoming, featurelength movie based on sonic the hedgehog that combines cg animation and liveaction performance. This is the film sonic the hedgehog is disguised as. Sonic the hedgehog took a long time to get into theaters when the film was originally announced in 2014, sonic the hedgehog was going to be a 2016 release through the auspices of sony pictures. The first sonic the hedgehog live action movie poster is creepy as hell.
Players control the anthropomorphic blue hedgehog sonic, who can run and jump at high speeds using springs, ramps, and loops. On the outside, sonic appears to be a family film in the vein of the semisuccessful detective pikachu. Forgot to add, i hope theres more action than comedy. Sony and sega team for sonic the hedgehog movie franchise. Feb 14, 2020 the film, a liveaction and cgi hybrid, follows the worlds fastest hedgehog, teaming up with his new best friend tom james marsden to defend the planet from the evil dr. On top of this film shifting from sony pictures in terms of rights to produce it, obvious fans of segas blue hedgehog can obviously see this film is about as true to the source material as 1993s super mario bros.
Makes sense, and i think shadow is a good character, in the sonic the hedgehog film series forum, i posted if anyone could imagine a scene with shadow holding two guns, shooting a bunch of eggmans robots, then saying this, its his favorite word, in shadow the hedgehog. It also stars james marsden, jim carrey, and ben schwartz as the voice of sonic the hedgehog. Jun 10, 2014 sonic the hedgehog movie in the works at sony, marza animation planet neal moritz will produce through his original film banner, while toby ascher will executive produce. In the mailbag, well be talking about the best sequels of all time. Sonic the hedgehog is an alien from another planet who is clearly a sentient version of a hedgehog. Why sony created, then ditched, the sonic movie youtube. In the film, sonic teams up with a smalltown sheriff named tom as he attempts to escape dr.
Sony developing sonic the hedgehog movie digital trends. Robotnik jim carrey and his plans for world domination. It was revealed on 21 june 2014 that sonic the hedgehog and its eventual successor films will be a separate continuity from the sonic boom continuity. A cop in the rural town of green hills will help sonic escape from the government who is looking to capture him. Jun 10, 2014 sony pictures entertainment and marza animation planet, a cg animation film production company of the sega sammy group, today announced a partnership to develop a film based on the acclaimed sonic. Sonic the hedgehog movie in development from sony and sega. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto. Dec, 2018 sonic the hedgehog 2020 film refers to the liveaction film adaptation of sonic the hedgehog. Thr confirms that paramount pictures has nabbed the rights to produce the sonic the hedgehog movie after sony entertainment put it into. The movie in nonenglish speaking countries and sonic the hedgehog. Sony pictures entertainment and marza animation planet, a cg animation film production company of the sega sammy group, today announced a partnership to develop a film based on the acclaimed sonic.
After having its digital release pushed up several weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, sonic the hedgehog is now available on 4k ultra hd, bluray and dvd on may 19th. Jun 11, 2014 the iconic video game hero sonic the hedgehog is heading to hollywood after sony announced plans for a bigscreen outing for the nippy sega mascot producers have told the hollywood reporter that. The film was announced on june 10th, 2014 as a joint venture between sony pictures and marza animation planet. Sony pictures entertainment and marza animation planet will be teaming up for the cgiliveaction hybrid feature. With ben schwartz, james marsden, jim carrey, tika sumpter. Beloved videogame characters are brought to life, brave mild peril and learn an important lesson about family or friendship or something. In 20, sony pictures entertainment acquired the rights to produce and distribute a film based on sonic the hedgehog. Sonic the hedgehog 2020 film refers to the liveaction film adaptation of sonic the hedgehog. Sony and producer neal moritz are bringing the bestselling sega video game sonic the hedgehog to the big screen. However, its a perfectly family film that doesnt disgrace its titular characters legacy. It was revealed on 21 june 2014 that sonic the hedgehog and its eventual successor films will be. The film rights to segas classic video game sonic the hedgehog switches camps from sony entertainment to paramount pictures.
There are limitless stories to tell with a character like sonic the hedgehog, and a builtin international fan base. Sonic the hedgehog trailer 2019 jim carrey movie youtube. Featuring ben schwartz, jim carrey, and a scene in which james marsden pointedly suggests that sonic might have shit himself after cutting a particularly juicy fart. Initially, sony pictures acquired the film rights to sonic the hedgehog from sega in 20, and officially gave the greenlight at a private joint segasony pictures press conference announcing the film on 10 june 2014. Directed by 1 writing credits 5 cast 45 produced by 14. Yes, its a genre thats been done a lot, but that doesnt make this film. Sonic the hedgehog movie in the works at sony hollywood. Later that same day, at a private sega sony pictures press conference, the hollywood reporter reported the confirmation of the film, and that sony had greenlit the project.
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