We recovered retired last August that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was acceptable to deed theaters connected December 20, 2024, but a caller teaser gave america different glimpse astatine its newest star: Shadow the Hedgehog.
I saw “another” due to the fact that Shadow concisely appears during Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s mid-credits scene, mounting him up arsenic presumably the antagonist of the 3rd film. While we inactive don’t cognize his nonstop relation oregon who volition dependable him, today’s image, posted above, provides a bully look astatine Shadow beneath the cervix (does helium person a neck?), namely his signature aerial shoes.
Production connected Sonic the Hedgehog 3 had stalled owed to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, and today’s update confirms that enactment has resumed pursuing the strike's suspension. Jeff Fowler remains successful the director’s chair, and the returning formed includes Ben Schwartz (Sonic), Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails), Idris Elba (Knuckles), and James Marsden (Tom Wachowski).
Whatever the 3rd movie entails, it has 1 heck of an enactment to follow. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was a container bureau smash, becoming the highest-grossing video crippled movie of each clip successful the U.S. until The Super Mario Bros. Movie took that crown earlier this year. A live-action TV spin-off starring Knuckles is besides successful the works and slated to merchandise aboriginal adjacent year.