Sonic The Hedgehog: Third Film And Knuckles-Centered Spin-Off Series Announced

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Paramount and Sega really want to turn this into a big franchise. Actually, we can call it a shared universe now. The original Sonic The Hedgehog movie was released in early 2020 (right before the pandemic struck), and it grossed $319 million worldwide. The sequel is set to land in theaters next April, but Paramount isn’t stopping there, as the third installment and a spin-off TV series have been announced today, Deadline has learned.

Paramount and Sega have reached a deal for the third movie in the franchise, while Paramount+ is also set to develop a spin-off series centered on Knuckles the Echidna, who is set to be introduced on the big screen in the sequel, portrayed by Idris Elba, who also signed to reprise the role in the spin-off series. The spin-off will be the first live-action TV series set in the Sonic universe ever. The series is set to premiere in 2023 on Paramount+.

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“We are delighted to announce that the third Sonic theatrical film and the first live-action Sonic series for Paramount+ are being actively developed. We’ve got a remarkable partnership with Paramount, and we are excited to continue expanding the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise with them. 2022 is shaping up to be a significant year for the franchise with the second film being released this April, as well as Sonic Frontiers, the highly anticipated video game title, coming this holiday. Sonic has been beloved by fans across the world for over 30 years and we look forward to continuing to bring memorable moments and experiences to them for many years to come.” — Haruki Satomi, CEO of Sega

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is set to debut in theaters on April 8, 2022. The Knuckles-centered spin-off show will debut sometime next year on Paramount+.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.