Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Gets a Release Date

Paramount has announced its plans to release Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in theaters on April 8, 2022. Ben Schwartz, who voiced the titular Blue Blur in the first movie, confirmed on Twitter that the video game movie sequel will speed onto the big screen in less than two years, though no further details about the Sega Sonic-oriented project have been revealed at this time. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://ift.tt/2AePW27] This calendar date confirmation for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 comes shortly after reports surfaced that a sequel was in development. Jeff Fowler, who helmed the 2020 film, is expected to return to direct the next movie from a script written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller. The original live-action movie set a record for the most successful video game movie debut of all time, racing past its initial predictions of $40-45 million to bring in an estimated $57 million at the US box office and $100 million globally. Sonic the Hedgehog also made a quick pivot to video-on-demand (VOD) before the end of the usual 90-day theatrical run, as several studios took the decision to release movies earlier than planned due to the global theater closures amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-video-game-movie-in-development-almost&captions=true"] In our review of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, we praised the "solid performances from Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik," calling their ongoing cat-and-mouse game "entertaining" because it features plenty of nods to Sonic's history for "passionate fans of the Sega franchise." Alongside the Sonic 2 movie announcement, Paramount confirmed new release dates for both A Quiet Place: Part II and Top Gun: Maverick. Meanwhile, Disney pushed back the release of all of its upcoming Star Wars and Avatar films by a year, and also removed Mulan from 2020's release schedule. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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