New looks at Jim Carrey and Shadow in 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3'

In the highly anticipated upcoming sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 3Shadow will be introduced, a video game character who is making his arrival to the franchise in this third installment of Sonic the Hedgehog of the director Jeff Fowler (director of the two previous installments).

To have a little context, we tell you that Shadow is one of Sonic's enemies, considered in many ways the anti-Sonic.

It was created by Dr. Gerald Robotnik, grandfather of Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Jim Carrey). He was genetically modified with alien DNA, a speedster with teleportation powers. Shadow debuted in Sonic Adventure 2 2001. For his film debut, his voice will be provided by Keanu Reeves.

Robotnik is not in his best shape when we see him make his return in Sonic 3However, you will have company. Carrey plays a double role, as he not only reprises his role as Dr. Ivo Robotnik, but also plays Ivo's grandfather and creator of Shadow, Dr. Gerald Robotnik, whose physical appearance was achieved through prosthetics and costumes. .

The EW media shared a couple of glimpses where we see the Robotniks with Shadow. The images are at the end of this note.

SYNOPSIS:

“Sonic returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most exciting adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles and Tails will reunite to face a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers never seen before. With their abilities surpassed in every way, Team Sonic must seek an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.”

The third film will explore new areas of the video game universe created by SEGA.

The script was written by Pat Casey, Josh Millery John Whittington.

The cast features the returns of Carrey, Ben Schwartz lending his voice to Sonic, James Marsden like Tom Wachowski, Colleen O’Shaughnessey lending his voice to Tails, and Idris Elba a Knuckles. Con Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally y Lee Majdoub, Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Alyla Browne (Furious), James Cloud (Watchmen), Sofia Pernas (Jane the Virgin), Cristo Fernandez (Ted Lasso), y Jorma Taccone (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) completing the cast. For the Spanish-speaking market in Latin America, Luisito Comunica returns lending his voice to Sonic.

Sonic the Hedgehog It has been a great commercial success for Paramount. The combined global box office of the first two films totals $870.8 million. It is not surprising then for a third film, and even a spinoff series focused on Knuckles which was already released by the streamer Paramount+.

Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, and Hitoshi Okuno produce el largometraje.

Paramount Pictures set the premiere of Sonic 3 in cinemas around the world on December 20, 2024.