Sonic spin-off series The Hedgehog Knuckles enters production with Idris Elba

News just arrived from sonorous–verse! No, Ugly Sonic will not make a surprise return after you update his profile. Chip ‘N Dale: Save the rangers cameo and the threequel is not yet in production. But if you wanted more Idris Elba as the echidna bad boy Knuckles (what a world that is), you’re in luck: The Big Red Man is airing its own spinoff series on Paramount+, and it just happened. Gold rings everywhere.

As the list above confirms, the series premiere will be directed by Jeff Fowler, who directed both. Sonic the hedgehog AND sonic the hedgehog 2. The series, which will see Idris Elba reprise his voice role of Knuckles (again, take a moment to appreciate what a world we live in), takes place between the second film and the upcoming third installment, which will be released in December 2024. Also returning from the film is Adam Pally as Wade Whipple, a character who will be the focus of the series, whose storyline shows Knuckles “according to[ing] train Wade as his protégé and teach him the ways of the Echidna warrior.

They will also be the stars of the show the mighty buzzby Julian Barratt, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), game of ThronesRory McCann and British actress and comedian Ellie Taylor. sound 2 Co-writer John Whittington is on board as head writer and executive producer, while other directors on the show include The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone, Brandon Trost, Ged Wright and Carol Banker. wait for it joins series (for the third time, what a world!) to arrive some time earlier sonic the hedgehog 3 – or, as we might end up calling it, “Sonic The Hedgehog 3 And Knuckles”. For some reason, it sounds good.