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'''''Sonic the Hedgehog''''', known as '''''Sonic the Movie''''' (ソニック・ザ・ムービー) in Japan, is a live-action film featuring an animated [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. The film stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog and Jim Carrey as [[Dr. Robotnik]], alongside James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, and Neal McDonough.
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'''''Sonic the Hedgehog''''', known as '''''Sonic the Movie''''' (ソニック・ザ・ムービー) in Japan, is a live-action film featuring an animated [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. The film stars [[Ben Schwartz]] as Sonic the Hedgehog and [[Jim Carrey]] as [[Dr. Robotnik]], alongside [[James Marsden]] as [[Tom Wachowski]], [[Tika Sumpter]], [[Natasha Rothwell]], [[Adam Pally]], and [[Neal McDonough]].
  
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The film was initially set for a theatrical release on November 18, 2019 in the US, but due to negative feedback from fans regarding Sonic's design in the initial trailer the film was delayed to update Sonic's model, and the film's release was rescheduled for February 14, 2020.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190524195608/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-release-delay-839590/}} The redesign was shown in a new trailer, with Sonic's new appearance receiving praise.  
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The film was initially set for a theatrical release on 18 November 2019 in the US, but due to negative feedback from fans regarding Sonic's design in the initial trailer the film was delayed to update Sonic's model, and the film's release was rescheduled for 14 February 2020.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190524195608/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-release-delay-839590/}} The redesign was shown in a new trailer, with Sonic's new appearance receiving praise.  
  
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Sonic the Hedgehog premiered at the Paramount Theatre on January 25, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 14, 2020. The Japanese premiere was planned for March 27, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received praise for the cast performances (particularly Carrey's), Sonic's design, visuals and faithfulness to the source material, but criticism for its plot and perceived lack of originality.  
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Sonic the Hedgehog premiered at the Paramount Theatre on 25 January 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 14, 2020. The Japanese premiere was planned for 27 March 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received praise for the cast performances (particularly Carrey's), Sonic's design, visuals and faithfulness to the source material, but criticism for its plot and perceived lack of originality.
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The film's success led to the production of a 2022 sequel, titled ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'', with [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (film)|a third film]] and [[Knuckles (Paramount TV series)|a series on Paramount+]] starring [[Knuckles the Echidna]].
  
 
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Before battling Dr. Robotnik in the streets of San Francisco, Sonic was born on [[Mobius|another world]] away from Earth. There Sonic was taken care of by a noble owl warrior named [[Longclaw]]. Sonic always had incredible power; he was warned to keep secret, but he couldn't help himself running around the [[South Island|island]]. His running caught the attention of the [[Knuckles Clan|echidna tribe]]. Longclaw sacrificed herself to protect Sonic by giving him a bag of [[rings]] that can open a [[Giant Ring|portal]] to anywhere. She sent him to a world on the far side of the universe where he could be safe, and if Sonic ever needed to leave, he had a map that instructed him to travel to a [[Mushroom Planet]] to hide next. Ten years later, Sonic became known as the legendary "blue devil" of [[Green Hill|Green Hills, Montana]]. He made a home for himself inside of a cave reading comics. One day, he decided to play baseball but he didn't have anyone else to play with. He played a whole baseball game by himself with his super speed. Once he realized how alone he is, he ran as fast as he could. This created a huge shockwave that knocked out power to Green Hills. The town's sheriff Tom Wachowski found a blue quill Sonic left behind after he fled the scene.
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Sonic is an extraterrestrial blue hedgehog who can run at supersonic speeds. His caretaker, Longclaw the Owl, encourages him to hide his powers, but Sonic does not listen. The two are attacked by a tribe of echidnas, who wound Longclaw. To protect Sonic, she gives him a bag of rings he can use to travel to other planets, using one to send him to Earth while she holds off the echidnas. Ten years later, Sonic lives in secret in the town of Green Hills, Montana. He idolizes the local sheriff, Tom Wachowski, and his veterinarian wife, Maddie. Tom has recently been hired by the San Francisco Police Department and is preparing to move.
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The pentagon held a meeting about the power surge Sonic caused. They realized they needed to send someone to investigate, and [[Commander Walters]] decided that it should be the problematic Dr. Robotnik. The doctor traveled to Green Hills with his partner [[Agent Stone]]. His [[Badnik|drones]] discover evidence of an unidentified lifeform in this town. As the government searches for Sonic, the hedgehog prepares to leave for the Mushroom Planet. There being dogs outside makes him decide to activate the rings somewhere safer and he chooses to make the portal inside of the sheriff's house because he has become the only person he trusts after years of watching over the town in secret. Tom sees the talking blue hedgehog for the first time and shoots him with his tranquilizer gun. As Sonic is fading out, he sees Tom is wearing a San Francisco shirt. Thinking about it, he accidentally opens a portal to it that his bag of rings falls into. With his only way off the planet gone, Sonic has no choice but to ask Tom for help as Dr. Robotnik enters the neighborhood.
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The doctor enters Tom's home to look for Sonic after finding more evidence and inside finds Sonic's quill that Tom took earlier. He calls in one of his drones to gun down Tom if he doesn't tell him where the creature he's hunting is. Sonic reveals himself to Robotnik and Tom punches the doctor in the face to knock him out. The drone starts firing at them, wrecking the house, but they deal with it. The two of them get away in a car while Agent Stone arrives to pick up Robotnik. The doctor makes it his mission now to neutralize the creature and discover the source of its power. In the car, Sonic explains that rings are how all advanced cultures travel between worlds and how important it is to get them back from San Francisco. The two of them decide to travel together to the city to find them. On the way there they stop to call [[Wade Whipple]], who on the other side of the phone is trapped in a room with Robotnik and Stone. Once he hung up on Robotnik, Tom went back to the car where he realized Sonic went into the bar they stopped at. They got into a fight inside but Sonic easily won it with his super speed. Afterwards, Robotnik investigates the bar and realizes where Sonic and Tom were heading. A drone was sent to attack but Sonic took it out with a [[spin dash]]. Little did they know that there were other drones inside of it. One of them took Sonic out with an explosion. Tom got Sonic out of there so he could rest. Tom's niece JoJo gifted Sonic with a new pair of red and white shoes for the road and the two went back to the road after that. Tom and his wife [[Maddie Wachowski]] took Sonic to the top of the building the rings fell on.
  
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Although he enjoys his life, Sonic longs for real friends. One night, he plays baseball by himself and, after realizing his loneliness, becomes upset and starts running around the field. The energy Sonic emits creates an electromagnetic pulse that knocks out power across the Pacific Northwest. The United States Department of Defense enlists roboticist and scientific genius Dr. Ivo Robotnik to help discover the cause of the outage. Robotnik discovers and tracks Sonic, who hides in the Wachowskis' shed. Sonic is discovered by Tom, who shoots Sonic with a tranquilizer and causes him to drop his rings into a portal above San Francisco. After Sonic awakens, Tom reluctantly agrees to help Sonic recover the rings. Robotnik invades the house, but Sonic and Tom escape. Robotnik comes across one of Sonic's quills and has Tom declared a domestic terrorist.
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While they were heading there, Robotnik finished building his [[Eggpod]], his hovercraft powered by the energy of Sonic's lost quill. He found Sonic on the building before the blue blur could travel to the Mushroom Planet. Sonic teases that Eggman will never catch him, which annoys the doctor. To get Tom and Maddie to safety, Sonic pushes them off the building away from the missiles and bullets and throws a ring under them back to Green Hills. Eggman's pod however shifts speed to match Sonic and attack him. While chasing him, Sonic opens portals to different landmarks across the world. Sonic tries to blind him with a sand tornado while in Egypt but it doesn't work. The chase ends back in Green Hills where the people now defend Tom and the blue devil they didn't know was real.
  
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Tom and Sonic narrowly evade Robotnik and grow closer as they journey to San Francisco. Tom learns that Sonic longs for a real friend. Meanwhile, Robotnik slowly loses his sanity as his search for Sonic becomes more obsessive. Sonic disapproves of Tom's decision to leave Green Hills, arguing that he is leaving his true friends. Sonic is injured by one of Robotnik's drones shortly before the two arrive in San Francisco, where Tom is reunited with Maddie. Maddie helps revive Sonic, and the three travel to the Transamerica Pyramid, where Sonic's bag of rings landed. Robotnik and his robots attack them at the top, but Sonic uses the rings to teleport Tom and Maddie back to Green Hills before taking on Robotnik. Using the power of Sonic's quill, Robotnik achieves supersonic speed and pursues Sonic across the world.
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Hearing Tom defend him, Sonic's eyes turn blue and takes his energy back from the Eggpod. The craft is still functional but Sonic now is way faster than it. He wrecks the machine and a beautiful light show. Now while the systems are starting to fail, Sonic launches Eggman through a portal Tom made to the Mushroom Planet. Robotnik is now trapped on an uninhabited planet, but he still has Sonic's lost quill. Tom and Maddie rebuild their home after the damage Robotnik caused. They are greeted at the front door by Commander Walters who tells them to stay quiet about Robotnik and gives them a card as a show of thanks. He asks them about the alien creature but they tell him they doubt they'll ever hear from him again. They then show Sonic his new room upstairs so he doesn't have to go back to his cave.
  
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Robotnik and Sonic's fight eventually makes it back to Green Hills, where Robotnik overpowers Sonic. However, Tom intervenes, and Sonic regains his strength after Tom refers to him as a friend. Sonic reclaims the energy that Robotnik is using. With help from Tom, Sonic uses a ring to send Robotnik to a planet made of mushrooms. With Robotnik defeated, Tom and Maddie decide to stay in Green Hills and let Sonic live in their house with them. The US government erases all evidence of the incident, including records of Robotnik's existence. However, Robotnik, still in possession of Sonic's quill, begins plotting his revenge.
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Eight months later,{{intref|Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)}} [[Miles "Tails" Prower]] appears through a ring portal to Earth looking for Sonic, hoping he's not too late to save him. He then flies off using his two tails to go find Sonic.
  
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In a mid-credit scene, Tails, an anthropomorphic two-tailed fox from Sonic's world, emerges from a ring portal in search of Sonic.
 
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200201032228/https://www.sonicthehedgehogmovie.com/home/ Official website] (archive)
 
* {{LinkYoutube|video=4mW9FE5ILJs|title=April 2019 official trailer}}
 
* {{LinkYoutube|video=4mW9FE5ILJs|title=April 2019 official trailer}}
 
* {{LinkYoutube|video=szby7ZHLnkA|title=November 2019 official trailer}}
 
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* [https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/sonic-the-hedgehog ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' on Paramount Movies]
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* [https://paramount.jp/sonic-movie/ ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' on Paramount.jp]
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* ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' on Amazon: [https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Hedgehog-James-Marsden/dp/B084MLJYVB/ US], [https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Hedgehog-UHD-Jim-Carrey/dp/B084ML93GK/ US (4K UHD)], [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-Hedgehog-Jim-Carrey/dp/B084MLWSBX/ UK]
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* [https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/sonic-the-hedgehog/umc.cmc.6gkyrgaoool7s2u24tratknbi ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' on Apple TV+]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkTdtf_CmP8 ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' on YouTube Movies]
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Latest revision as of 10:46, 2 February 2024

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Sonic the Hedgehog
Studio: Original Film, Marza Animation Planet, Blur StudioMedia:SonicTheHedgehog Film US FullBilling.pdf[1]
Country: United States, Japan
Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures
Running time: 99 minutes
Language: English
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For the 1999 animation, see Sonic the Hedgehog (anime).

Sonic the Hedgehog, known as Sonic the Movie (ソニック・ザ・ムービー) in Japan, is a live-action film featuring an animated Sonic the Hedgehog. The film stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, alongside James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, and Neal McDonough.

The film was initially set for a theatrical release on 18 November 2019 in the US, but due to negative feedback from fans regarding Sonic's design in the initial trailer the film was delayed to update Sonic's model, and the film's release was rescheduled for 14 February 2020.[5] The redesign was shown in a new trailer, with Sonic's new appearance receiving praise.

Sonic the Hedgehog premiered at the Paramount Theatre on 25 January 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 14, 2020. The Japanese premiere was planned for 27 March 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received praise for the cast performances (particularly Carrey's), Sonic's design, visuals and faithfulness to the source material, but criticism for its plot and perceived lack of originality.

The film's success led to the production of a 2022 sequel, titled Sonic the Hedgehog 2, with a third film and a series on Paramount+ starring Knuckles the Echidna.

Story

Before battling Dr. Robotnik in the streets of San Francisco, Sonic was born on another world away from Earth. There Sonic was taken care of by a noble owl warrior named Longclaw. Sonic always had incredible power; he was warned to keep secret, but he couldn't help himself running around the island. His running caught the attention of the echidna tribe. Longclaw sacrificed herself to protect Sonic by giving him a bag of rings that can open a portal to anywhere. She sent him to a world on the far side of the universe where he could be safe, and if Sonic ever needed to leave, he had a map that instructed him to travel to a Mushroom Planet to hide next. Ten years later, Sonic became known as the legendary "blue devil" of Green Hills, Montana. He made a home for himself inside of a cave reading comics. One day, he decided to play baseball but he didn't have anyone else to play with. He played a whole baseball game by himself with his super speed. Once he realized how alone he is, he ran as fast as he could. This created a huge shockwave that knocked out power to Green Hills. The town's sheriff Tom Wachowski found a blue quill Sonic left behind after he fled the scene.

The pentagon held a meeting about the power surge Sonic caused. They realized they needed to send someone to investigate, and Commander Walters decided that it should be the problematic Dr. Robotnik. The doctor traveled to Green Hills with his partner Agent Stone. His drones discover evidence of an unidentified lifeform in this town. As the government searches for Sonic, the hedgehog prepares to leave for the Mushroom Planet. There being dogs outside makes him decide to activate the rings somewhere safer and he chooses to make the portal inside of the sheriff's house because he has become the only person he trusts after years of watching over the town in secret. Tom sees the talking blue hedgehog for the first time and shoots him with his tranquilizer gun. As Sonic is fading out, he sees Tom is wearing a San Francisco shirt. Thinking about it, he accidentally opens a portal to it that his bag of rings falls into. With his only way off the planet gone, Sonic has no choice but to ask Tom for help as Dr. Robotnik enters the neighborhood.

The doctor enters Tom's home to look for Sonic after finding more evidence and inside finds Sonic's quill that Tom took earlier. He calls in one of his drones to gun down Tom if he doesn't tell him where the creature he's hunting is. Sonic reveals himself to Robotnik and Tom punches the doctor in the face to knock him out. The drone starts firing at them, wrecking the house, but they deal with it. The two of them get away in a car while Agent Stone arrives to pick up Robotnik. The doctor makes it his mission now to neutralize the creature and discover the source of its power. In the car, Sonic explains that rings are how all advanced cultures travel between worlds and how important it is to get them back from San Francisco. The two of them decide to travel together to the city to find them. On the way there they stop to call Wade Whipple, who on the other side of the phone is trapped in a room with Robotnik and Stone. Once he hung up on Robotnik, Tom went back to the car where he realized Sonic went into the bar they stopped at. They got into a fight inside but Sonic easily won it with his super speed. Afterwards, Robotnik investigates the bar and realizes where Sonic and Tom were heading. A drone was sent to attack but Sonic took it out with a spin dash. Little did they know that there were other drones inside of it. One of them took Sonic out with an explosion. Tom got Sonic out of there so he could rest. Tom's niece JoJo gifted Sonic with a new pair of red and white shoes for the road and the two went back to the road after that. Tom and his wife Maddie Wachowski took Sonic to the top of the building the rings fell on.

While they were heading there, Robotnik finished building his Eggpod, his hovercraft powered by the energy of Sonic's lost quill. He found Sonic on the building before the blue blur could travel to the Mushroom Planet. Sonic teases that Eggman will never catch him, which annoys the doctor. To get Tom and Maddie to safety, Sonic pushes them off the building away from the missiles and bullets and throws a ring under them back to Green Hills. Eggman's pod however shifts speed to match Sonic and attack him. While chasing him, Sonic opens portals to different landmarks across the world. Sonic tries to blind him with a sand tornado while in Egypt but it doesn't work. The chase ends back in Green Hills where the people now defend Tom and the blue devil they didn't know was real.

Hearing Tom defend him, Sonic's eyes turn blue and takes his energy back from the Eggpod. The craft is still functional but Sonic now is way faster than it. He wrecks the machine and a beautiful light show. Now while the systems are starting to fail, Sonic launches Eggman through a portal Tom made to the Mushroom Planet. Robotnik is now trapped on an uninhabited planet, but he still has Sonic's lost quill. Tom and Maddie rebuild their home after the damage Robotnik caused. They are greeted at the front door by Commander Walters who tells them to stay quiet about Robotnik and gives them a card as a show of thanks. He asks them about the alien creature but they tell him they doubt they'll ever hear from him again. They then show Sonic his new room upstairs so he doesn't have to go back to his cave.

Eight months later,[6] Miles "Tails" Prower appears through a ring portal to Earth looking for Sonic, hoping he's not too late to save him. He then flies off using his two tails to go find Sonic.

Production credits

Cast list

Character Actor
Sonic the Hedgehog Ben Schwartz
Sonic the Hedgehog (young) Benjamin L. Valic
Dr. Robotnik Jim Carrey
Tom Wachowski James Marsden
Maddie Wachowski Tika Sumpter
Rachel Natasha Rothwell
Wade Whipple Adam Pally
Crazy Carl Frank C. Turner
Major Bennington Neal McDonough
Agent Stone Lee Majdoub
Longclaw Donna Jay Fulks
Miles "Tails" Prower Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Localised titles

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog
Japanese ソニック・ザ・ムービー Sonic the Movie
French Sonic Le Film
Spanish Sonic: La Película
Italian Sonic: Il Film
Portuguese Sonic: O Filme
Greek Sonic: Η Ταινία
Polish Sonic. Szybki jak błyskawica
Czech Ježek Sonic
Slovak Ježko Sonic
Croatian Sonic: Super jež
Hungarian Sonic, a Sündisznó
Bulgarian Соник: Филмът
Serbian Sonikov Film
Finnish Sonic the Movie
Latvian Soniks: Filma
Lithuanian Eziukas Sonic
Russian Соник в кино
Chinese (Simplified) 刺猬索尼克
Chinese (Traditional; Taiwan) 音速小子
Chinese (Traditional; Hong Kong) 超音鼠大電影
Vietnamese Nhím Sonic
Hebrew Sonic Ha'Seret

Promotional material

  • Poster

  • North American poster (April 2019)

  • Japanese poster (April 2019)

  • Australian poster (April 2019)

  • Mexican poster (April 2019)

  • North American poster (November 2019)

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  • Japanese poster (February 2020)

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References

  1. ↑ File:SonicTheHedgehog Film US FullBilling.pdf
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-The-Hedgehog-DVD/dp/B084DS6ZWL (Wayback Machine: 2020-05-25 19:54)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-Hedgehog-Blu-ray-Region-Free/dp/B084DSHQWF (Wayback Machine: 2020-05-25 20:18)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-Hedgehog-Blu-ray-Region-Free/dp/B084DSHQWG (Wayback Machine: 2020-05-25 20:11)
  5. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-release-delay-839590/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-24 19:56)
  6. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)


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