It’s been a very long time coming, however the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has lastly raced on-line and confirmed one in every of its greatest rumors: Keanu Reeves is voicing its villain, Shadow the Hedgehog.
Released right this moment (August 27), the primary teaser for one in every of 2024’s remaining new films goes onerous and quick as Paramount Pictures begins to ramp up its advertising marketing campaign for the extremely anticipated sequel. And hey, what higher technique to enhance the hype than by revealing beloved actor Keanu Reeves is lending his immediately recognizable voice to Shadow, one in every of Sonic’s most notable adversaries.
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The teaser is, by design, a fairly hefty one – certainly, it clocks in at virtually three minutes. Ordinarily, such a runtime results in a trailer principally revealing a movie’s total plot, nevertheless it appears Sonic 3‘s first-look is holding again some components of its story till it lands in theaters worldwide.
That stated, the trailer would not withhold each secret. Yes, we anticipated Shadow to look in Sonic‘s newest live-action-animated hybrid movie – he was teased in Sonic 2‘s post-credits scene, in spite of everything – however I did not anticipate to listen to Reeves utter any phrases because the laboratory-created anthropomorphic hedgehog till I took my seat at my screening. That would’ve preserved one thriller, however perhaps Paramount (along side Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog‘s creator) felt it obligatory to incorporate Reeves’ voiceover work, particularly along with his involvement leaking months previous to the trailer’s unveiling. Regardless, Reeves looks like an adventurously nice match for Shadow and, following related voice work he is carried out on Toy Story 4 and Cyberpunk 2077, recording traces for an animated mission will not have been overseas to him.
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Reeves’ involvement is not the one factor that Sonic 3‘s first teaser reveals. Before I get onto that, nonetheless, here is a short story synopsis that reveals a bit extra in regards to the film: “Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the massive display screen this vacation season in his most thrilling journey but. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite in opposition to a strong new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers in contrast to something they’ve confronted earlier than. With their skills outmatched in each method, Team Sonic should hunt down an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and defending the planet.”
So, what is the sudden partnership that the plot temporary teases? As the trailer establishes, Team Sonic can be pressured to ally themselves with none apart from Doctor Eggman, aka Sonic’s iconic adversary in his videogame franchise and villain of the primary two movies. That means Jim Carrey is again to play the mad scientist as soon as extra, regardless of his insinuation that he was retiring from appearing after Sonic 2’s launch in early 2022. Clearly, Team Sonic want all the assistance they will get to cease a seemingly grief-stricken Shadow from threatening Earth’s very existence.
Jeff Fowler, who directed the primary two Sonic films, is again within the director’s chair for this one. Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, and Lee Majdoub be part of Carrey on the returning solid roster. Alyla Browne and Krysten Ritter additionally accompany Reeves on the newcomer casting entrance.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is about to land in cinemas worldwide on December 21, and there is loads of blue blur-themed content material to maintain you occupied till then. The earlier movies are each accessible on Paramount Plus, aka top-of-the-line streaming companies, proper now. The franchise’s first TV spin-off, Knuckles, was additionally launched on the identical platform earlier this yr, with the collection hitting onerous to turn into the streamer’s most-watched TV Original up to now.
