
It's already been confirmed Sonic will be returning in a fourth live-action movie, so where to next for the blue blur?
While nothing has been finalised just yet, speaking to Collider earlier this month - the Sonic 3 movie writers Josh Miller and Pat Casey mentioned how Sonic and the gang could potentially go beyond Earth in future outings, to all sorts of "fantastical zones" and worlds.
Here's what Casey had to say, while mentioning how the third movie was "inherently earthbound":
"We definitely know that there are other worlds and these more fantastical zones, and we would like to see it, so we assume the audience would like to see it as well.
"For Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the story was all about all this military stuff and it was inherently earthbound. But possibly in the future, we might get out into some more fantastic places."
There have already been a handful of zones referenced in the Sonic live-action movies, so it would be nice to see more of Sonic's universe in his future adventures. Although there have been no official details about the fourth movie shared just yet, the end credits of the third film paint a picture of what we can likely expect.
The collective earnings of the Sonic live-action movies have now surpassed the $1 billion mark, with the third movie reportedly banking more than $330 million at the worldwide box office in less than a month.
What zones would you like to see in Sonic's live-action movies in the future? Let us know in the comments.
[source collider.com]
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Imagine if Sonic lived in a fantastical setting that Hollywood discarded just to have the excuse to not spend money to create that world and just film in real world locations.
Like that live-action He-man movie, where it was cheaper to create a portal to New York instead of re-creating Eternia.
Looking forward to seeing if the next movie will bring Sonic and co. to such other worlds (but of course I should watch the previous movies first and foremost when I can)!
Letting the next Paramount Sonic film take place in the original settings from the source material would do it so much good.
We had little bits of it in the first two films, but the third film was entirely contained on Earth.
Narratively it's also where the story should progress. Sonic and his friends have found home and family on Earth, but he needs the opportunity to reconnect to wherever he came from and meet more of his kind.
The Sonic 2 prequel comics make clear that there's a lot more going on in the wider universe, and that inter-planetary activity isn't unusual. Tails basically invited himself in after monitoring Sonic independently for a while and wanting to actually meet him.
Welcome to the fantasy zone
The obvious solution would be to port over the ‘plot’ from Sonic CD and throw some time travel shenanigans into the mix. You could have a fantastical future where Robotnik has taken control of the earth with some nods to Scrap Brain, Casino Nights etc and then have him travel to Prehistoric times.
Then throw in a post credits stinger where for some unknown reason Mario pops up!
So a sonic heroes film released along with a remaster?
Based on the settings of the last three movies, I wouldn’t be surprised if the writers meant Australia and Japan as “more fantastic places.”
@Erigen
Sounds close to what the actual games have been doing since 1998.
@Erigen Funny enough, Sega discarded the fantastical setting when Sonic went full 3d. Making every event take place somewhere on earth.
Yes!! I literally predicted this on my channel during my review of the third movie, lol. I talked about how I wanted the fourth movie to not be set on Earth again and bring in locales from the games. (I try to use as vague terms as possible, but in case you haven't seen the third movie yet, beware of potential SPOILERS below:
My idea was that the main antagonist of the fourth film abducts all of Sonic's human friends and holds them prisoner on Sonic's home planet. Tom, Maddie, and Wade would still get some screen time as part of the B-plot where they try and escape from jail. But the main focus would be on Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Agent Stone, who is helping the team with his robotic expertise and his schematics of all of Eggman's machines.
While the other humans take less of a focus in this movie, Agent Stone is an exception, who is learning to come into his own as a person and cope independently of Dr. Robotnik. Maybe we could get a flashback/origin story showing exactly how the two met and why Stone came to idolize him so much.
Although I love Jim Carrey as Eggman, I think his role in Sonic 4 needs to be relegated to flashbacks and a post-credits scene where he comes back. Given what happened at the end of Sonic 3, I think it would be anticlimactic to have him show up any earlier than the credits. The audience needs to sit with the weight of what happened for a while, or else the fourth movie will undermine how heavy the ending to the third one was. So, as much as it pains me, Eggman needs to take a backseat.
Finally, if we do go back to Sonic's home planet, I think they'll give Sonic closure about what happened to Longclaw. She's mentioned in all three movies, so I have to imagine they want to return to that eventually. We never see her die, just that she was wounded before Sonic went through the portal. Maybe she's still alive? Maybe there are other surviving Echidnas as well, and we'll get more lore about why the two sides were at war. Was it a misunderstanding? Or are Longclaw's people actually the bad guys?
Imagine how wild it would be if Longclaw is alive and in a plot twist ends up being the main antagonist of the third movie. Like, she gaslights Sonic and tries to cut him off from his human family, telling him that she is the only family he needs and why the others are actually toxic.
Even if she really is good, I could still see it causing tension if she's alive. I could see it having a similar plot to Kung Fu Panda 3 where Sonic initially throws Tom and Maddie under the bus but ultimately realizes that they're just as much his family as Longclaw.
But yeah, in addition to visiting Green Hill Zone (where Baby Sonic was doing loopty-loops, not Donut Lord's town), I'd like to see them infiltrate a Chemical Plant, like maybe the villain is trying to harvest all the planet's energy like FF7 or something. More familiar places like that.
And if they're leaving Earth, I imagine we'd be seeing more than just one familiar face from the games. Like maybe Rouge, Blaze, and Big are integrated into the plot. (This is where my Sonic ignorance shows, as I haven't played many games where those characters are prominently featured. So maybe someone else knows better than me whether now would be the appropriate time to bring them in.) I feel like an anthropomorphic crocodile like Vector would look pretty cursed in a live action movie, so maybe leave him out, lol.
@Not_Soos Eh...Im sorry but that idea is just not very good.
Sonic meets Opa-Opa?
Looking forward to watching the 3rd entry still!
So they're jumping straight to Sonic X Season 3, Sonic Chronicles (of course not because Ken Penders), Sonic Colors and Sonic Lost World?
Yeah, I would like to see it too. I love the Sonic Heroes world vibes.
death egg zone,scrap brain zone,labrynth zone,or the dreaded metropolis zone with those crabs,mantis,and exploding star fish.
@nomither6 I don't think a Heroes remaster can happen. I'm pretty sure there are issues with the game engine because Sega doesn't own it. It's called Renderware or something and they apparently can't use it anymore.
@RadioHedgeFund I'm thinking myself that the plot of Sonic CD would be adapted with some new elements. With the post-credit scenes being what they are, we have to explain where they come from, right? Why not Little Planet?
@Not_Soos Frankly speaking I'm hoping for a couple things:
That Sonic CD's plot is adapted, and maybe some inspiration from the comics in the form of the Metallix being a Borg-like entity.
@Bigmanfan do you know why they can’t? is it copyright issues?that sucks to hear . why can’t they just rebuild the game in a different engine or something 😞
@nomither6 The company that owns the engine no longer exists. They were absorbed into EA. So, they would need to renegotiate a (likely expensive) new deal to use it. They could always rebuild in a new engine, but that would be a significant amount of work. It's why the game isn't on Steam. Very unfortunate all around.
@Bigmanfan it really is unfortunate; here’s to hoping for a sequel or revival of some sort . i miss that era of sonic so much
@nomither6 Can't say I feel the same about that era, but I agree it's a bummer of a situation.
How bout actually returning Sonic back to Green Hill Zone in Mobius and not that fake one in the real world.
Ideally, I'd like to see Sonic's world merge with earth for good at some point. kinda like how Sonic X season 2 did, brining more animal people to earth and making them more commonplace. that way you don't need to create an excuse to introduce more characters, while also keeping the setting relatively grounded.
Either back to Sonic's home planet or essentially go to Mobius.
@nomither6 They totally can. Other RenderWare games have had remasters in different engines. The issue is overblown (and Heroes would probably be more of a remake anyway).
@Orpheus79V that’s good to hear. heroes is one of those games that deserves a remake/second chance , i don’t care how much time consuming or expensive it is; enough with the tired boost to win sonic games already
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