Sonic Unleashed (film)

Sonic Unleashed: Gaia Manuscripts - Part 1 is an upcoming American 3D CGI computer-animated action-adventure drama fantasy science fiction film, it is the first of two cinematic parts based on a video game of the same name. The film is directed by John Kahrs and written by Kiyoko Yoshimura. Jason Giffith, Anthony Salerno, Mike Pollock, Dan Green, Kate Higgins and Lisa Ortiz reprise their characters from the video game.

The movie is to take place after Kingdom Hearts: Guardians of Light.

Sonic Unleashed is scheduled to be released on June 15, 2018, and will include an IMAX 3D version.

Plot
The game follows Sonic the Hedgehog and his human friends as they attempt to restore the world to normal after Sonic's nemesis, Dr. Eggman, splits the world's continents into pieces with a powerful new ray weapon and the power of the Chaos Emeralds to harness the power of Dark Gaia, as well as his struggles with his new beast form generated by Dark Gaia's energies, Sonic the Werehog.

Voice Cast

 * Jason Giffith as Sonic the Hedgehog/Werehog
 * Anthony Salerno as Chip (Light Gaia)
 * Kate Higgins as Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Dan Green as Professor Pickle
 * Lisa Ortiz as Amy Rose
 * Mike Pillock as Dr. Eggman

Development
The film was developed to fit the modern times. Examining the contents of the game disc reveals what some of the regions intended names were before they were swapped for their current names. It seems some of them were named after actual locations on Earth, it was decided to put the continents look similar to the real Earth as a perfect match. This adaptation was mostly faithful to the game's plot, with the Japanese version even being a word-for-word adaptation at some points. However, parts were written in for characters that did not appear in Sonic Unleashed such as Marcus Simpson and Kuroda. The film could not be finished in time, so it was split into two. It was originally set to be released as one, but Paramount Pictures divided the film into two parts due to financial and creative reasons.

Music
John Debney began work on it in April 2016.

Release
The film premiered in the US on June 15, 2018.