Paramount Pictures and Sega have confirmed that development has begun on a sequel to this year’s live-action family comedy feature “Sonic the Hedgehog”.
The first film follows the world’s speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) and his new best friend Tom (James Marsden) team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) as he plots world domination.
The film opened to both solid reviews, breaking the opening weekend record for a movie based on a video game, and nabbing the fourth-best Presidents Day weekend debut.
The sequel will re-team the filmmakers, with Jeff Fowler directing while Pat Casey and Josh Miller are writing the script. No decisions have been made as yet regarding casting or a production start.
Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher and Toru Nakahara are producing.
Source: Variety
