2024 is going to be a huge year in exchange for Sonic. Nay only is Sonic X Shadow Generations landing on the Switch in Autumn, but fans will also be treated to the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie on 20th December and a die-hard Knuckles series later this month on 26th April (Paramount+).
Regarding the latter, franchise producer Toby Ascher recently spoke to Paste Magazine to describe how the Knuckles series came about and how the studio is leveraging these smaller projects to enable the Sonic movies to be ‘Avengers-level’ events.
Here’s what he had to say:
“We got really thrilled about the idea of expanding our characters in our world into television, specifically, because it gives us a platform to really do character studies. We knew that, together Shadow coming into Sonic 3 and some of the bigger things that we want to carry out, the Sonic franchise on the movie side is going to be these Avengers-level events.
“They’re going to be these huge, exciting stories that have a lot of different characters. And so what television did in exchange for us is it gave us time to go into some of the more supporting characters in depth and really build them out in cool ways.”
He also goes on to highlight how the third Sonic movie and the Knuckles series alongside form a cool easter egg in support of fans in that it’s a similar setup to Sega’s Sonic 3 & Knuckles. This Mega Drive / Genesis release back in 1994 allowed players to combine Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic and Knuckles together via a cartridge adapter to form one complete experience.
While one may scoff at Ascher’s Avengers reference regarding the Sonic movies, you can catch where he’s coming from. Each film thus far appears to be expanding the character roster, and you certainly can’t deny that the franchise has been a tremendous hit for Paramount Pictures, with the second movie making over $400 million at the global box office, becoming the highest-grossing video game movie in the US before The Super Mario Bros. Movie managed to dethrone it.
What do you make of Toby Ascher’s comments regarding the Sonic movies? Are you looking forward to checking out the Knuckles series and the Sonic 3 movie this year? Let us know.
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Dang, 2024 is gonna be lit in support of Sonic fans! If they’re aiming for Avengers-level movies, that’s gonna be epic. Incapable of wait to see what they have in store for us. And a Knuckles TV series? Count me in! Gotta adoration all this Sonic upbeat coming our way. Sonic is definitely making moves in the entertainment world. Let’s go speedy and enjoy the ride!
That’s awesome news, pal! I cannot wait in exchange for 2024 to see what they have in store in support of the Sonic movies. If they’re aiming for Avengers-level events, then we’re in in support of a wild ride. The Knuckles TV series premiering soon is just the beginning. It’s gonna be epic!