There's a lot going on in the world of Sonic right now. A second film, serving as a sequel to last year's movie, is now in the works for a 2022 release – in fact, an official name reveal arrived earlier today – and it was also recently confirmed that Sonic's voice actor in video games, Roger Craig Smith, would no longer hold the role going forward.
It's a pretty interesting time to speak with Sonic's movie voice actor, Ben Schwartz, then. The folks at Comicbook.com recently spoke with the actor to discuss the upcoming film, games and more. Speaking about the new movie, Schwartz says that the script is "awesome":
"I know that the sequel's happening, and they're gonna start filming soon. But because I'm the voice behind a speaker, I don't know any exact dates or anything like that. But I'm excited, I read the script and it's awesome."
The site also took the time to ask Schwartz about his potential involvement in video games following Roger Craig Smith's departure. He describes Smith, who voiced Sonic in games for a decade, as "an absolute legend," before stating that he hasn't yet been asked to lend his voice to any game-related projects:
"Let's all, for a second, before we even say that, Roger Craig Smith is an absolute legend. Like, his VO work, Sonic being one of them, but his career is unbelievable for a VO artist. He is so talented."
"I haven't thought about it, I haven't really thought about it. The first time that it's ever come up was because Roger seems to be stepping away, so, the first time ever, people are asking me I wonder, nobody's asked me, between you and I, I haven't really answered this question yet but nobody's come up to me and said anything so my assumption is that, who knows? But I wonder.
"I love the world of Sonic, and I love the fan base. The fan base has been so supportive and lovely. So, I don't know. I wonder, I wonder what would happen. But as of now, nobody's had a conversation with me about any of that."
The new Sonic movie is planned to hit theatres on 8th April 2022.
[source comicbook.com, via comicbook.com, nintendowire.com]
Comments 11
Yes, because he would say it sucked balls if it did....
I hope there's no flossing this time
@Carck I mean if he's on ducktales he can probably be in a video game.
Ben Schwartz is seemingly a nice guy but I hate him so much from Parks and Recs!!!
@OnlyItsMeReid Amen!
Ben Schwartz is not going to do Sonic games, despite people mentioning Ducktales. Ducktales is Disney and everybody wants to get their foot in the door.
@Lordplops Schwartz is a big nerd that seems to genuinely love Sonic as it is. Even if it is a crummy script, he personally probably would love it regardless.
@nessisonett Schwartz is such a nerd that he probably would be happy to do the voice of Sonic in the games at a lousy rate.
@Beatrice Disagreed. I think every side character in the series is memorable and entertaining.
Kinda proves to me that Sonic is better off as a mascot- rather than a videogame-character. Sure, the movies, tv-shows, and comics are also sometimes hit and miss, but not as much as the games. Also, and let's be honest, the Sonic franchise was always more popular because of the characters and not because of the quality of the games.
@RareFan if they only made 2D Sonic Mania like games from now on, I would have zero problem with them continuing to make such Sonic games indefinitely. Is the 3D titles that most tend to be so polarizing.
I think he is ok for the movie but I just cant see his voice on this sonic
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