Typically Hollywood rumors have a tendency to leap the gun, and with the ever-growing reputation of flicks primarily based on video video games, that is a pattern that is positive to make increasingly more avid gamers really feel the sting when the rumors do not pan out to be true. However a brand new rumor concerning the subsequent movie within the acclaimed Sonic the Hedgehog sequence solely seeks to debunk one other still-unconfirmed rumor that hit the web about three months in the past.
Specifically, the most recent merchandise within the rumor mill is that Anakin Skywalker himself, actor Hayden Christensen, will not be becoming a member of the forged of Sonic The Hedgehog 3 because the titular hero’s broody counterpart, Shadow.
Not Brining Stability To The Chaos?
The unique rumors of Shadow’s casting had surfaced in January, when a number of shops started reporting trade rumors stating that Christensen can be as soon as once more embracing his darkish facet to tackle the position of Shadow. Nonetheless, months later, we nonetheless don’t have any affirmation that the rumor is true, and this latest one, which comes from fashionable movie critic John Campea, states that whereas the position has been crammed, it will not be Christensen’s voice we’re listening to popping out of Shadow’s mouth.
The half CGI, half live-action film sequence follows human Tom Wachowski (performed by James Marsden) as he discovers the heroic blue hedgehog, Sonic (Ben Schwartz) trapped in our world and aiding him in opposition to the evil machinations of Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey). The second film throws Sonic’s friends Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessy) and Knuckles (Idris Elba) into the combo too, and whereas all 5 of these actors are slated to return to the sequence for Sonic 3, the position of Shadow remains to be surprisingly lacking from the movie’s IMDB web page.
“Individuals Will Be Blissful” With The Casting
So, if Campea is appropriate that Christensen will not be taking the position, who will probably be? In line with Campea, the “individuals will probably be blissful” with the selection of actor to protray Shadow, however he is probably not saying something greater than that to present us a clue of who it will likely be.
Nonetheless, the remark part is chock-full of theories, as remark sections are typically. There appears to be some help for Kirk Thornton, who has been offering Shadow’s English language voice to the video video games since 2010, beginning with the Xbox360 Kinect recreation Sonic Free Riders. One potential fan, Jennifer Hernandez (an expert artist whose work contains the Sonic the Hedgehog comics), is preserving her hopes in examine, commenting “Inb4 they pull a Sonic X and it’s simply Ben Schwartz doing a deeper voice.”
Nonetheless, the position of Shadow must be a coveted one, even among the many Hollywood elite. Whereas it hasn’t reached the echelon that the The Tremendous Mario Bros Film has, the primary two movies have carried out very effectively in their very own proper. The primary film exceeeded $319 million in gross worldwide earnings, inserting it sixth on the record for movies launched in 2020. The second installment, launched in 2022, fared a bit higher grossing greater than $405 million worldwide and breaking opening weekend information for a video game-based film that will solely be damaged a few yr later by the Mario film. Because the third film within the Sonic sequence is scheduled to hit theaters on December 20, we in all probability will not have too lengthy to attend the study who will probably be formally taking the position of Shadow.
