“On the level of the Avengers”: a 33-year-old cult, this fantastic saga promises to go very far in cinema!

On December 25th, Sonic will come under the tree with the third part, which promises to be Dantesque! In two episodes, the saga brought in $724 million worldwide. In France, the video game adaptation of The Adventures of the Hedgehog drew a cumulative 4.3 million viewers.

This success logically led to the start of the third part, which is currently in the post-production phase. On March 28, director Jeff Fowler posted a photo of himself on X with a huge clapper in his hand, confirming the completion of filming.

To SonicVerse?

If the Sonic trilogy ends in theaters on December 25th, producer Toby Ascher has revealed that the franchise won’t be disbanding just yet. Speaking to the media Pasta magazineThe latter made a statement that will make fans happy.

“We’re really excited about the idea of ​​expanding our characters and that world on television. Especially because it gives us a platform to really explore the side characters.”he said, specifically referring to the TV series Knuckles, which will air on April 27 on Paramount+.

“With the introduction of Shadow in Sonic 3 and some important things we want to introduce, the movie franchise is now full of events.The Avengers. It’s going to be big, exciting stories with lots of different characters.”, he added. By comparing the Blue Hedgehog universe to the Marvel universe, it confirms its ambition, which includes expanding the franchise to the big screen.

With the arrival of Shadow in Sonic 3 and some important things we want to introduce, the movie franchise is now full of Avengers-level events.

TV allows us to delve into some of the more secondary characters, it gives us time to develop them in cool ways. Toby Ascher also said. Just as a Marvel-branded series can serve as a springboard for future movies, the Knuckles series will allow for the introduction and fleshing out of other characters who may then be in possible sequels or spin-offs on the big screen. .

Therefore this show will be the first stone of the building, SonicVerse; Thus, Paramount is going to compete with Nintendo and Illumination/Universal and their Super Mario franchise. After a war with video game consoles, the two mascots, Sonic and Mario, will now battle it out in the cinema.

Sonic vs Shadow!

And to top it all off, Paramount revealed some images of Sonic 3 during CinemaCon in Las Vegas. According to media on the scene, we can see Jim Carrey, aka Dr. Robotnik, completely devastated after being defeated by a super-speedy hedgehog. With the help of his assistant Stone (Lee Majdoubi), he joins forces with the monstrous Shadow to eliminate Sonic. We also see tails and knees before this charismatic enemy.

Introduced in the 2001 video game Sonic Adventure 2, Shadow has become one of the series’ most popular characters. Originally, he was the big bad of the story, as in the film; He has since become an anti-hero, sometimes disagreeing with Sonic on how to fight Dr. Robotnik.

While you wait for December 25th and the release of Sonic 3, you can find Knuckles in his spin-off series on April 27th on Paramount+.