The SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Movie Will Be a Live-Action Animation Hybrid

Last year, it was announced that Sonic the Hedgehog would be getting the feature film treatment. Sega is teaming up with Sony Pictures to bring it to the big screen. We learned at the time that the film would help be developed by Sega's CG animation film company, so I just assumed that it would be a full CG animated film, which would have been great! 

Unfortunately, in this latest update by Sega CEO Hajime Satomi, we learn that the film is going to be a live-action-animation hybrid film, which isn't appealing at all. These CG animated and live-action hybrid films never work, and it breaks my heart that this is the direction Sony and Sega are taking the production. During an interview with The Worldfolio, Satomi said:

"Sega Sammy Group is currently planning with Sony Pictures to create a live-action and animation hybrid ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ movie scheduled for release in 2018. Like with this CG animation production, we would like to expand our business into other entertainment areas beyond what we are currently involved."

The script for the movie is being written by Evan Susser and Van Robichaux. There are no plot details that have been revealed yet, but the game focuses on the world’s fastest hedgehog, whose peaceful life is often interrupted by his arch nemesis, Doctor Eggman. 

Over the years, we've seen a couple Sonic the Hedgehog animated series. There was one in the '90s and a more recent CG series called Sonic Boom. The character also made his first big screen appearance in Disney's Wreck-It-Ralph.

I hate the thought of Sonic interacting with ridiculous live-action human characters like Jason Lee in Alvin and the Chipmunks or Neil Patrick Harris in The Smurfs. That's the bad movie road I fear Sonic is going to be running down.

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