Deadline are reporting that Jim Carrey is currently in negotiations to play Sonic’s nemesis, the evil Dr. Robotnik, in the forthcoming movie. Carrey was huge in the 90’s with hits such as The Mask, Ace Venture, and Bruce Almighty, but hasn’t had a major role for years and has been been spending his time producing the Showtime series I’m Dying Up, painting, and criticising Donald Trump on Twitter.
Robotnik is also known as his alias, Dr. Eggman, and has been annoying Sonic since the very first game. The new movie will mix live action with CGI, obviously Sonic will be CGI but Robotnik could be human in which case Carrey had better start at the pies.
The movie has already cast James Marsden as Sonic’s human pal, and is to be directed by Jeff Fowler who has previously worked on, well, nothing really, just an animated short featuring Gophers.
Source: Deadline
