Sonic the Hedgehog (film)

Sonic the Hedgehog  is a 2021 American Computer Animated Action Adventure Comedy Based on the video game of the same name published by Sega and is produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation with additional animation work being done by Maria Animation Planet and distributed by Sony Pictures releasing, the film is directed by Peter Ramsey & Bon Persichetti and written by Jeff Rowe. It stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog with Micheal Cera, Dwayne Johnson, J.K Simmons and Tom Kenny serving as supporting roles. The film follows Sonic, An Anthropomorphic Hedgehog who can run supersonic speeds, reluctantly teaming up with a two-tailed fox named Miles “Tails” Prower to stop Dr Eggman and his henchmen Snively Robotnik from using the Master Emerald from the Echidna clan, which can be used to take over the world, who have the aid of Knuckles the Echidna to find the Emerald in Angel Island.

Development for a Sonic film began in the 1990s but did not leave the planning stage until Sony Pictures acquired the rights in 2013, the film was planned for a late 2019 release but was delayed to have a similar visual style to Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse and also to avoid competition/comparsions from the Super Mario Bros Movie. The film is dedicated to Keisuke Nagai, who was a licensing manager for Sega.

The film released on June 23rd 2021 on Sonic’s 30th Anniversary in 2D and Real 3D. The film received positive reviews from critics, praise given to it’s faithfulness to the games, the humour, action Sequences and Animation but some criticised it for it’s screenplay.