It’s been talked about for awhile. A Sonic the Hedgehog Movie is coming to life. Today in a GamesIndustry.biz interview discussing “nostalgia” with Mike Evans of Sega Networks, Mike is quoted as saying:
“Nostalgia is actually very much in vogue, which is one the reasons we’ve been chasing it down,” he says. “Everything Nintendo has been doing has been driving big waves in nostalgia, they’ve done some amazing things and they had a lot of success with the classic NES. There is a film and documentary coming out about retro gaming called Console Wars. We also have a Sonic movie coming in 2019.”
More about the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie:
It’s being billed as a live action-CG hybrid and is directed by the director of the critically-acclaimed Deadpool movie. With those few little words, I probably just made all you fellow nerds wet your pants. Hold onto your butts, we’re gonna go fast.
Cartoon Man
Adam Sandler as the President of Station Square, Tina Fey as the President’s Secretary, Paul Giamatti as Dr. Eggman (costume with a stick-on mustache), Tim Curry as Gerald Robotnik (costume with a stick-on mustache, in a flashback video clip), Elle Fanning as Maria robotnik (costume that looks just like Maria Robotnik’s outfit, in flashback memories), Emma Watson as Princess Elise III (costume that looks just like Princess Elise’s outfit), Patton Oswalt as Sonic the Hedgehog/Supersonic (voices, ever since Remy’s voice in ‘Ratatouille’ (2007)), Ben Stiller as Knuckles the Echidna/Super Knuckles (voices, ever since Alex the Lion’s voice in the ‘Madagascar’ movie series), Katie Leigh as Miles “Tails” Prower the 2 Tailed Fox (voice, ever since Honker Muddlefoot’s voice on ‘Darkwing Duck’), Jason Marsden as Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow (voices, ever since Kovu’s voice in ‘The Lion King II’: ‘Simba’s Pride’), Jennifer Hale as Amy Rose (voice, ever since Mandy’s voice on ‘Totally Spies!’), Andrea Libman as Cream the Rabbit (voice, ever since young Chi-Chi’s voice on ‘Dragon Ball Z’), Richard Kind as Big the Cat (voice, ever since Bing Bong’s voice in ‘Inside Out’ (2015)), Sandra Bullock as Rouge the Bat (voice, ever since Miriam’s voice in ‘The Prince of Egypt’ (1998) and Scarlet Overkill’s voice in ‘Minions’ (2015)), Frank Welker as E-123 Omega (robotic voice), Mr. T as E-102 Gamma (robotic voice), Jesse McCartney as Silver the Hedgehog/Super Silver (voices, ever since Roxas’s voice in the ‘Kingdom Hearts’ game series), Penelope Cruz as Blaze the Cat/Burning Blaze (voices, ever since her voice work in G-Force (2009)), Matthew Fox as Espio the Chameleon (voice, ever since Racer X’s voice in ‘Speed Racer’), John Goodman as Vector the Crocodile (voice, ever since the T-Rex’s voice in ‘We’re Back’: ‘A Dinosaur’s Story’), Russi Taylor as Charmy Bee (voice, ever since Timmy Tantrum’s voice in the ‘Teen Titans’ season 5 episode: “Hide and Seek”), Kath Soucie as Sally Acorn (respective voice), Tara Charendoff as Bunnie Rabbot (voice), Rob Paulsen as Rotor the Walrus (voice), Linda Walleem as Vanilla the Rabbit (voice), Anndi MacAfee as Fiona Fox (voice), Amy Birnbaum as Cosmo the Seedrian and Froggy (voices), Nika Futterman as Sticks the Badger (voice), Rachael Lillis as Maria the Hedgehog (voice), Jason Liebrecht as Mighty the Armadillo (voice), Roger Craig Smith as Ray the Flying Squirrel (voice), Greg Cipes as Jet the Hawk (voice), Jess Harnell as Storm the Albatross (voice), Demi Lovato as Wave the Swallow (voice), Veronica Taylor as Tikal the Echidna (voice, in flashback memories), Ryan Drummond as Scourge the Hedgehog (evil sounding voice), Selena Gomez as Mina Mongoose (voice), Cree Summer Francks as Nicole the Holo-Lynx (voice), Scott Menville as Antoinne D’Coolete (voice), Lori Alan as Julie-Su the Echidna, Knuckles’ 1 true love (voice), Colleen Villard as Zooey, Tails’ 1 true love (voice), Grey DeLisle Griffin as Shade the Echidna (voice), Travis Willingham as Soar the Eagle and Mr. Slate (voices), Bill Freiberger as the Comedy Chimp (voice), Robbie Rist as Swifty the Shrew (voice), J.K. Simmons as Nigel Acorn (voice), Lara Jill Miller as Honey the Cat (voice), Peter Capaldi as Charles the Hedgehog, Sonic, Manic and Sonia’s uncle in the series (voice), Corey Burton as Mephiles the Dark (evil sounding voice), Jim Parsons as Bean the Dynamite (voice), Dan Green as Bark the Polar Bear (voice), Seth Green as Fang the Sniper (voice), Kirk Thornton as Orbot (voice) and Wally Wingert as Cubot (voice)
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Let’s hope they don’t use the character designs from ‘Sonic Boom’ in this live action/3D animated movie.