Action-Adventure Sonic the Hedgehog 4

[Pennywise]

 

[The Big G]

That we gon' run it, run it, run it
'Til we runnin' outta road (oh, yeah)

 

[Ninjablade]

Not shocked considering how the 3rd one ends. Exciting stuff and cool that they're committing even more to the franchise.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Long as it's better than the actual Sonic the Hedgehog 4.

Both episodes, I mean. But given the third one's ending, doubtful we're going in that same direction.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Not until we get to the sixth film so we can have Sonic (0)6. There are umpteenth ways they can go.

Introduce time travel and lead up to Sonic Generations? Start introducing more of Sonic's friends and lead into Sonic Heroes? Or introduce Amy and actually attempt Sonic Boom.

 

[The Big G]

If Sonic 06 couldnt kill this Franchise...i doubt even Hollywood could

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Unless Hollywood tries Elise kissing Sonic in live-action.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Another thread to watch!

 

[Lily Adler]

If Sonic 06 couldnt kill this Franchise...i doubt even Hollywood could

Unless Hollywood tries Elise kissing Sonic in live-action.

This is probably the one they're most likely going to adapt.

 

[Sithborg]

Unless Hollywood tries Elise kissing Sonic in live-action.

The furries will push it to a billion.

 

[The Caped Knight]

The franchise is on a high run, I see at least six films on board.

 

[Ninjablade]

This is probably the one they're most likely going to adapt.

As they should

 

[Lily Adler]

As they should

 

[Lily Adler]

Anna Kendrick, Kristen Bell, or Selena Gomez for Amy.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Still Wynning]

Anna Kendrick, Kristen Bell, or Selena Gomez for Amy.

I’m picturing Kristen playing her like Eleanor from The Good Place and I can’t stop giggling.

Seriously, though, that sort of self-assured, excited, sarcastic, slightly nervous and intelligent characterization would be perfect for Amy Rose.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Anna Kendrick, Kristen Bell, or Selena Gomez for Amy.

Honestly, I'd like to see them at least consider bringing on more of the game voice actors. They've already kept Colleen O'Shaughnessey for Tails, unless she was absolutely the best and only fit.

Admittedly, I think Amy's current game voice from Colors and Free Riders onward sounds a bit like Minnie Mouse, except in Frontiers, but why stop at just one game voice?

 

[TheVileOne]

I simply they hope they don't get some flavor of the month IT girl to voice her.

I feel like Sonic Heroes is the direction they should go in for the next movie. Also, I want them to spend most of the movie off-world.

Spoiler

The villain should be Neo Metal Sonic.

 

[The Caped Knight]

Anna Kendrick, Kristen Bell, or Selena Gomez for Amy.

What about Christina Richie

 

[Still Wynning]

I feel like Sonic Heroes is the direction they should go in for the next movie. Also, I want them to spend most of the movie off-world.

That’s going to depend a lot on the final box office for Sonic 3. If it ends up being around $600-$700 million, I could see them willing to splurge a bit more of the necessary money for the next film to be able to do what you’re suggesting. If it still makes a decent amount, but only makes barely or around $500 million on a $122 million budget, good luck with that.

As popular at these films are, they’re still gambles, and the more expensive they are, the more of a gamble the box office returns become. For perspective Wonka, which cost $125 million, used extensive CGI set extension and VFX for a bunch of animals, and that was with mainly human actors and a lot of sets that were half built. That made $39 million opening weekend, a little over half of what Sonic 3 made its opening weekend, and $634 million worldwide, which is pretty close to how much I guessed Sonic 3 would make according to a similar budget.

For examples of entirely CGI films, The “live action” The Lion King cost $260 million, and Mufasa: The Lion King cost $200 million. The former, adjusted for inflation, would cost over $320 million today and have made over $2 billion. The latter bombed severely, making only $35 million opening weekend. The former was made in 2019, before Covid, and when the success of those kinds of films was more of a sure thing. Now, most films like that barely break $1 billion on similar budget. Spider-Man: No Way Home, for all of the acclaim that it got, even with the Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire showing up in the film, couldn’t even crack $2 billion at $1.9 billion. In the old days, that would’ve been a piece of cake.

At best, if Sonic 3 does really well at the box office, we might get some of but not all of what you would like for the next film. At worst, it’s probably going to be about the same ratio as Sonic 3. The fact of the matter is, filming with actual human actors and on location is just less expensive and less time intensive. If these were animated, that would be a different story, but they’re not, so we are where we are.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

I simply they hope they don't get some flavor of the month IT girl to voice her.

I feel like Sonic Heroes is the direction they should go in for the next movie. Also, I want them to spend most of the movie off-world.

Spoiler

The villain should be Neo Metal Sonic.

Something like Heroes or Generations could be a good endgame-esque scenario, but for a film that's not the end? Unless they're slowly brought on in-between films or TV shows like the Knuckles series, that's a lot of characters to have to introduce if you want all four teams! Granted, Team Sonic is already present and accounted or, but you'd still need all the members for Team Dark, Rose, and Chaotix.

 

[Karelia]

Scarlett Johansson for Rouge. Anna Kendrick/Kaley Cuoco for Amy.


Loved the tease of Metal Sonic & Amy in the mid credit scene. It seems Sonic has ran into a future where Metal Sonic may have taken over the Earth. All the Metal Sonics got destroyed pretty easy, so I assume none of those were the real Metal Sonic. Unless Eggman got transported before the ship blew up and has decided to rule the world again. Although I think Carrey had a pretty great send off, no one is going to complain if he is still alive lol.

 

[psylockolussus]

I haven't seen any of the three films.