Keanu Reeves playing Shadow The Hedgehog

[Gizmo_Duck]

Source: THR

Keanu Reeves is speeding along to another franchise, with the John Wick star heading to Sonic the Hedgehog 3. He will be voicing the popular character named Shadow, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

The news comes on the heels of a jam-packed CinemaCon presentation from Paramount last week, when the studio debuted the first footage for Sonic 3. This included the revelation that Dr. Robotnik, played by Jim Carrey, was depressed and out of shape after the events of Sonic 2, but gets his groove back thanks to creating Shadow the Hedgehog, a character first introduced in the video games in 2001's Sonic Adventure 2. The character is in many ways the anti-Sonic, dark and edgy while mirroring the hero's powers.

Paramount's Sonic franchise dates back to 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog, which overperformed with $319 million globally, becoming a breakout hit in the video game space, a genre that had struggled at the box office. Sonic 2 followed in 2022 and grossed $404 million globally. Director Jeff Fowler is behind all three installments, which voice star Ben Schwartz as Sonic opposite James Mardsen as Tom Wachowski, a human pal of Sonic's.

Reeves has been in blockbuster mode for the last several years now, last starring in John Wick: Chapter 4 and before that reprising his iconic role of Neo for 2021's The Matrix: Resurrections. Coming up, he has roles in Aziz Ansari's Good Fortune, in which he plays a guardian angel, and has a small part as assassin John Wick in John Wick Presents: Ballerina, a spinoff starring Ana De Armas.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Shadow and Knuckles

 

[Neuromancer]

Shadow and Knuckles

Back together again.

 

[TV]

* slow claps

 

[Justin Nitsuj]

I gotta see the movie before I make my official judgment. Shadow my favorite character.

 

[Phillyrider807]

Both sonic movies have surprised me at how good they were. I'm here for this.

 

[Flexington]

I still don't think I've watched the second one

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I still don't think I've watched the second one

Second one is way better, the first one was hoenstly wack to me

 

[Flexington]

Second one is way better, the first one was hoenstly wack to me

I had low expectations for the first especially after they debuted with the first draft of Sonic (Shoutout to the Chip & Dale movie for making use of Ugly Sonic)
But it turned out better than I thought

The 2nd fell off my radar completely

 

[ORDER_66]

This is crazy

 

[Yaboysix]

(Thinks about it ...)

That actually makes sense!

 

[Kurt off them percs]

(Thinks about it ...)

That actually makes sense!

...yeaaa.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

I didn’t see the second one and I really liked the first

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

Yall realize he turned down marvel a million times but is doing this

 

[Jimmy ValenTime]

shadow the only character who like a real person in this franchise being he hates humanity for killing the child he was being raised with

he is basically reverse john wick

Since Sonic and his pals are treated like intelligent pets and not aliens in this and sonic X

if they let Keanu kind of do some of that sad dad acting

it going to be good ..