Sonic The Hedgehog Will Be Made Into A Movie!
He's been around for decades and was very much part of many of our childhoods. Now, this spinning hedgehog will be taking to the big screens!
By Melody Oei — 12 Jun 2014, 05:20 PM — Updated almost 10 years ago
Remember Sonic The Hedgehog? (For Some Of Us) That Childhood Video Games Series By Sega
The original Sonic the Hedgehog was all about Sega attempting to create an iconic character capable of challenging the whole Mario hegemony.
Image via YouTube/SAYSSony Pictures Animation Will Be Turning The Sega Game Into A Movie
The movie adaptation of the popular video game series 'Sonic The Hedgehog' will be a mix of live action and CGI.
Image via YouTube/SAYSMoritz will produce the live-action hybrid through his Original Film banner along with Takeshi Ito and Mie Onishi of Marza Animation Planet, Sega’s CG animation film company. Toby Ascher will serve as an executive producer.
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Hannah Minghella and Andrea Giannetti will oversee the project, which doesn’t have a release date as yet, for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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The Movie, Produced In Collaboration Between Sony, "22 Jump Street" Producer Neal Moritz And Japanese Company Marza Animation Planet, Will Combine Live Action And Computer Animation
The movie will technically be Sonic's second — the first was cobbled together from two Japanese anime episodes and released straight-to-video in the US in 1999. The mascot's popularity peaked in that decade, when as the star of much-loved games on Sega's Master System and Genesis consoles, he competed against Mario for cultural penetration.
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“We’re looking to capture everything that generations of fans know and love about Sonic while also growing his audience wider than ever before,” Sony Pictures production president Hannah Minghella said in a statement.
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In The Movie, Sonic With His Blazing Speed Will Be Pit Against Familiar Franchise Baddies Including Dr. Eggman (or Robotnik)
Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series released by Sega, and starring its eponymous mascot, the video game character Sonic the Hedgehog.
Image via YouTube/SAYSThe feature-length film will be a CG-animated/live-action hybrid, and would pit the irreverent spiny mammal with blazing speed against familiar franchise baddies including Dr. Eggman, the studio announced Tuesday, 10 June 2014.
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The "Sonic" Videogame Franchise Has Already Earned Over $1 Billion For Sega
Debuting in 1991′s self-titled "Sonic The Hedgehog" game for Sega Genesis, Sonic was positioned from the start to be Sega’s answer to rival Nintendo’s mascot, Mario.
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With more than 140 million games sold worldwide, the “Sonic” videogame franchise has earned over $1 billion for Sega. It tells the story of the world’s fastest hedgehog, whose peaceful life is often interrupted by the series’s main antagonist, Doctor Eggman.
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