Video game movies currently seem to be experiencing somewhat of a renaissance in Hollywood, with the live-action Detective Pikachu film starring Ryan Reynolds due to arrive next year on the silver screen on 10th May, followed by the “Sonic The Hedgehog Movie” scheduled for release on 15th November.
With Sonic’s film now under the control of Paramount Pictures, the latest developments about this live-action and computer-generated animation hybrid – as reported by Variety– is the signing of Westworld actor, James Marsden.
Heck, he might not be Ryan Reynolds, but the 44-year old actor has come of age in recent years, taking on the role of Teddy in HBO's latest success and previously well-known for playing the character Cyclops in the X-Men film series. He's also starred in Illumination Entertainment's 2011 live-action animation, Hop.
Paramount originally scored the film rights for SEGA’s classic video game franchise from Sony in 2017, taking on Jeff Fowler to direct, and not long ago acquiring the services of Neal H.Mortiz to produce under the Original Film banner. Deadpool director Tim Miller is the executive producer along with Toby Ascher, Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons, who are co-producing.
With James Marsden signing on, are you feeling more optimistic about the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog movie? Tell us below.
[source variety.com]
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Live action Sonic movie?! Put him out of his mysery and just kill him already!
That kid from Room should play Tails.
This news is kinda old at this point...
You're too slow!
He'a also known for staring in Illumination's Hop
So yeah, that's something to worry about. From the logo reveal to the troubled production, I even have more faith in Mario than Sonic now.
@Malcrash I've updated the article to reflect this.
The news here for me was Reynolds in Detective Pikachu, so I’m slower than all!
WHY? Stop making these trashy live action adaptations. I guess quality animation is dead in the west. No, that ugly CG crap Disney and Pixar shovel out doesn't count.
Saw this on the news scroll yesterday afternoon and thought it was this guy. (I always get their names confused.)
Maybe he can play Shadow?
I guess they will make him wear a Sonic suit like this?
So apparently there are leaks of the Sonic costume already out:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/be/10/fc/be10fcec2d0c2f4e5d349c50abf3672f--diy-costumes-halloween-costumes.jpg
Apparently Dolores's reprogramming of Teddy has also increased his "gotta go fast" levels.
Live action Sanic? Can't help but to wonder how hilarious the results will be.
@roy130390 Nice one, you got me.
Just like everything else with Sonic's name on it in the last 20 years, it will suck.
Well... At least the new IDW comics are ok. Sonic has one good thing going on.
@ProudGrimleal
Erm...Sonic Mania? I do believe classic Sonic is sorta blowing up right now. Definitely the best thing Sonic related for me, at least.
Though I will admit, the comics look good, too.
@TossedLlama Not 'The Room' which is a so bad it's good movie, but 'Room' the Oscar nominated movie where that fox Brie Larson played a woman who was kidnapped and locked in a shed for like a decade. In the movie she had a kid while in captivity and the boy who played that role was really good.
@Philo
Sonic Mania is amazing.
"Live Action Sonic Movie"
Does this qualify as psychological torture? Is this compliant with the Geneva Conventions? Could an international screening be considered a weapons export?
You know, people go nuts about Sonic Mania, they love its opening, cherish the little web cartoons. Obvious answer: Hollywood Live Action adaptation...
Live action Sonic--right there they're already doing it wrong. Just make a ******* Sonic movie that is true to the original and classic games. It doesn't necessarily have to be 2D hand-drawn either, but it should all be set in Sonic's world with Sonic's larger-than-life characters--and no lve-action human! Just imagine how a company like Disney or Pixar might do it for example. . . . Or think of a movie like Wreck it Ralph. . . . Or maybe even go for classic [high quality--like Disney feature film quality] 2D animation but in modern stereoscopic 3D, like how The Lion King was re-done recently (it looks utterly stunning in stereoscopic 3D by the way). Something like that would make sense for a Sonic movie. How hard is that to grasp, Sega!
@Maulbert Apart from Sonic Mania, which is genuinely brilliant.
This film is a waste of time.... The Games don't even have humans anymore (this isn't 2006 or the Dreamcast era) so this doesn't even fit with the modern games.
There's only one true Sonic movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxhMYk_xljQ&t=1489s
when will people learn Anime is best choice for gaming movies?!
What?live action sonic?i hope its at least so bad it becomes funny
I predict after Sonic and Mario movies come out, Wreck-It-Ralph will still be the video game movie champion.
Who he'll be playing? Live action Dr. Eggman? They can make him look like he did in Sonic 06.
That would be gloriously bad and I would gladly watch it.
@TossedLlama Prisoners is also very good. I recently went on a Denis Villeneuve movie watching marathon and more or less liked them all.
@JHDK I really didn't like Prisoners but I did enjoy Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 much more. Guess his work on sci fi seems to appeal to me more
My children have watched some of the Sonic animated series currently on Netflix (UK), I've caught bits of it, actually quite funny script, just a more polished feature length version of that would work.
James Marsden? Oh no, its Hop all over again!
A CGI/live-action movie, just when Sonic is starting to get better?
@Dijim The girl who Sonic gets in the end... he’s gonna play the guy she was already in a relationship with. They were actually planning on marrying before Sonic showed back up in her life.
The role was actually written in just for him to bring in all The Notebook/Superman Returns/Enchanted/X-Men fans. Did I miss one?
WHY!!??
Oh snap! Its Cyclops! I thought i recognized him! Cool lol
Why can't they just make an animated movie instead?
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