Where Super Mario got to “enjoy” a stint on the silver screen in the early 90s, Sega perhaps rather wisely decided against following it with their own film adaptation, even if I do really want to know what a 90s live action Sonic film would have been like. 25 years later and Sonic is making the jump from TV screen to the cinema with Sega and Paramount Pictures announcing that the film will premiere on 15th November 2019 in the US.
Sonic’s no stranger to life outside video games of sometimes questionable quality, with a couple stints in animated TV shows like 2014’s Sonic Boom, but the plan here is for Sega’s Marza Animation Planet production house to blend live action and CG animation together. On the team are Producer Neal H. Moritz (Fast and Furious series), Director Jeff Fowler (Blur Studio) and Executive Producer Tim Miller (Deadpool and owner of Blur Studio).
Let’s hope it’s more Mania than Forces, eh?
A Sonic movie was announced in 2016 with Hajime Satomi stating the project was in partnership with Sony Pictures, that deal seems to have fallen through.
Source: press release
