Sonic: Sticks

Sonic: Sticks is a 2034 animated buddy adventure film directed by Tyron Heese and written by Ben Holmes. Based on the Sonic the Hedgehog videogame franchise, the rilm is a co-production between Paramount Animation, Sega Sammy Corporation, Marza Animation Planet, and Blur Studio. The film stars the voices of Jessica DiCicco, Roger Craig Smith, Colleen O'Shaugnessey, Mike Polloc, Travis Willingham, and Cindy Robinson. Mark Mamcina composed the film's score.

Development on an animated Sonic the Hedgehog film would begin in early 2030 at Paramount Animatiom, with Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller returning from Paramount's live-action films as executive-producers. The plan was for the animated film to be set in a different continuity than the live-action films, and feature a more game-accurate potrayal of Sonic lore. Heese and Holmes were hired as director and writer in early 2031, the duo having worked on previous Sonic media, with the cast being announced later that year. Animation services would be provided by Marza, who would taie inspiration from their work in cutscenes for Sonic games

Synopsis
After being kidnapped as a child by Doctor Eggman and escaping, Sticks the Badger has been living in the forest for years, paranoid that her captor may find her and experiment on her again. Her life changes, however, when she meets Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends, who try to integrate her to modern society. While distrustful of them at first, Sticks must put her paranoia and past behind when Eggman reveaos a new plan to take over the world.

Voice cast

 * Jessica DiCicco as Sticks the Badger
 * Roger Craig Smith as Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Colleen O'Shaugnessey as Tails
 * Mike Polloc as Doctor Eggman
 * Travis Willigham as Knuckles the Echidna
 * Cindy Robertson as Amy Rose

Trivia

 * Sonic's first scene features "Knight of the Wind" from Sonic and the Black Knight. This marjs the first time a Crush 40 song appears in a Sonic movie.
 * Upon first meeting Taiks, Sticks calls his two tails "a buttcopter", a reference to the second live-action Sonic film.