Sega’s Blue Blur will be back again as Paramount has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is set to hit theaters in Spring 2027, as reported by Variety. Paramount seems confident about the series’ future, announcing the sequel on the same day Sonic the Hedgehog 3 premieres. The third film is expected to perform well due to the holiday season, even as it goes up against Disney’s Lion King prequel, Mufasa.
No plot details have been revealed for Sonic the Hedgehog 4, but star Ben Schwartz expressed his excitement to return to voice Sonic again on his Instagram page, confirming the news. What we do know is that Sonic 3 will fall in line with the tradition of the films that end with a new character being introduced.
Fans have speculated that it will either be Amy Rose or Metal Sonic, but with Team Sonic’s massive menagerie, all bets really are off.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 – Official Second Trailer
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The third Sonic installment is expected to make $55 million to $60 million in North America, but has received generally good reviews on Metacritic. The first two films earned $725. 2 million globally and inspired a spin-off series, Knuckles, which came out earlier this year.
Schwartz has been praised for taking over the role of Sonic from fans but has stated he’s just sticking to the movies and won’t take over the voice for any upcoming games. Schwartz’s co-star Keanu Reeves, who brings Shadow to life, will reprise the character in the recently released Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Pack DLC for Sonic x Shadow Generations.
The former Parks and Rec star and comedian also recently mentioned that he understands that Shadow is a cool character for kids and said when he was a kid, he loved Frog from Chrono Trigger. He recalled Frog’s giant broadsword as “one of the coolest things of all time.” Schwartz went on to call Chrono Trigger his favorite video game.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 once again stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, and Idris Elba as his friends Tails and Knuckles, with Jim Carey pulling double duty as their nemesis Dr. Ivo Robotnik and his father, Gerald. Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, James Marsden, and Tika Sumpter also reprise their roles as the human guardians of Sonic and his friends.