Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Featurette Has Keanu Reeves as Shadow

by Danica Davidson
November 26, 2024

Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the latest in the Hollywood adaptations, will hit the big screen on December 20. Ahead of this a featurette has dropped introducing Keanu Reeves as Shadow. The featurette includes footage of Reeves recording lines, interviews with members of the cast (Reeves, Jim Carrey, Idris Elba, and Ben Schwartz), and scenes from the upcoming movie. Reeves is new to the cast, while the other actors have been in the series before.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Featurette

“For fifty years, Shadow’s been in a state of suspended animation,” Reeves, who definitely has some otaku interests, says in the featurette. “He’s coming out of it seeking revenge. . . There was really the internal journey, to get to the anger and the emotion. It was intense.”

“Shadow has that sympathetic, brooding kind of darkness that Keanu has mastered so brilliantly,” Carrey, who plays Ivo Robotnik and Gerald Robotnik, remarks.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is rated PG and tickets are currently on-sale.

Here is an official description for the film:

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Synopsis

Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

Director Jeff Fowler returns along with our all-star cast including Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, Lee Majdoub, newcomers Alyla Browne and Krysten Ritter, with Keanu Reeves joining the franchise as Shadow the Hedgehog.

The first two Sonic the Hedgehog Hollywood movies have been blockbusters. How will this one do? We’ll know in a few weeks.

Source: Press release

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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.