Idris Elba Shares Excitement for SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 Saying It's for "Diehard Sonic Fans"
The Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise has been a blast to watch for fans and audiences. Paramount Pictures has seen big success from it, and the upcoming third movie looks like it’ll be another fun flick!
We recently got to see some footage from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at CinemaCon and the crowd in attendance loved the footage that Paramount Pictures showed off.
Now, Knuckles actor Idris Elba is talking about the movie, sharing his excitement for it, and he explains that the movie is for “diehard Sonic fans.”
The actor said: "I can tell you that it's super exciting. I can tell you that it really does get deeper into the universe of Sonic. I think 3's probably the one for all the real diehard Sonic fans. They're gonna get all of those Easter eggs in it.”
It’ll be interesting to see what all those Easter eggs are! Sonic 3 seems to be adapting several elements from Sonic Adventure 2. The Sonic games that were released on Dreamcast is where the franchise started to dive into a story.
Shadow the Hedgehog’s story is a big arc and bringing that story to life means the story has to start pulling major elements from the game. Keanu Reeves is said to have been cast as Shadow in the film, but that has not officially been confirmed.
When previously talking about Shadow’s involvement, the film’s co-writer Pat Casey said Shadow was brought to the franchise primarily because of his popularity, and also because of what he could bring to the films going forward.
Casey described him as “driven by anger and revenge,” similar to Knuckles, but the key difference is that Shadow isn’t misunderstood like the red echidna was in the sequel.”
He said: “Shadow was created with the prime goal of protecting the world from danger, but it’s the way he goes about that that will put him at odds with Sonic and his friends.”
He went on to say: “Sonic’s never had to deal with someone as emotionally damaged like Shadow...when he sees Shadow, he’s like, ‘Well, I’ll just teach him about the power of friendship, like with Knuckles!’ But that’s not going to work on Shadow.”
In the character’s background, Shadow’s desire to protect humanity stems from witnessing the death of his friend Maria at the hands of G.U.N.
It seems like Shadow and Sonic may be able to team up against G.U.N. for the same objective, but Shadow is coming in not knowing Sonic’s intentions, and he is apprehensive, having just gone through something traumatic.
Jeff Fowler is returning to direct Sonic 3 with Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog, Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower, Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna, James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski, and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik.
New additions to the franchise will include Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Alyla Browne (Furiosa), James Wolk (Harley Quinn), Sofia Pernas (Jane the Virgin), Cristo Fernández (Ted Lasso), and Jorma Taccone (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse).
Source: Collider