Sonic the Hedgehogwill be making his feature film debut on Jul 18, 2025. Paramount Pictures this week confirmed the film’s release date, cementing the picture as a fall family contender.
Sega first announcedSonic’sfeature film back in February 2016. Later that year, Neil H. Moritz signed on as producer andDeadpooldirector Tim Millerjoined in as executive producer. Jeff Fowler will be making his directorial debut with the picture, while the movie’s script comes from the creators of the Fox Animated showGolan the Insatiable, Pat Casey and Josh Miller.
Interestingly, Paramount Pictures is planning a mix of live action and CGI in the movie to bring the blue hedgehog to life. This sounds similar to the upcomingDetective Pikachumovie, which is set to release in May 2019.
Sega first introduced Sonic in 1991 as an answer to Nintendo’s frontman, Mario. Since then, the video game series has sold over 360 million copies on various platforms. Last year, Sonic saw his highest ratings in 15 years with the release ofSonic Mania, which returned the speedy hedgehog to his native 2D platforming environment.
Despite the spotty track record for video game movies, Paramount Pictures is hoping to translate the success of the Sonic franchise to the box office. However, just because fans love a video game series doesn’t guarantee they will pay money to see a film adaptation of their favorite blue hedgehog.
It doesn’t help that many of Sonic’s recent games haven’t been received well by fans. Even though the speedster’s games have sold tens of millions of copies in years past, his best-selling game this decade isSonic Generations, which came out in 2011 and sold less than four million copies.
Some players andSonic the Hedgehogfans may be propelled to movie theaters next year by that funny feeling of nostalgia, while others are sure to avoid it like the plague and hope for a high-quality game in the meantime. No matter where moviegoers find themselves along the spectrum, most can agree that it will be interesting to see how the character’s attitude and speed translate onto the big screen.
