{"id":17431,"date":"2020-05-29T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2574671"},"modified":"2020-05-29T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T17:15:00","slug":"a-sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-sequel-is-on-the-way-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/29\/a-sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-sequel-is-on-the-way-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Sonic the Hedgehog\u2019 movie sequel is on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sega and Paramount are bringing back the writers and director for round two.<\/p>\n<div class=\" \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40 flex@tp- flex-wrap@tp- hide@m- \">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tl+ pt-40\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=960%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-05%2F1df5f990-a170-11ea-b9ee-016eaf0ffc38&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=d17e1e995a06d2d9fc9b65b1883540394efbd033\" alt=\"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG\" width=\"740\" height=\"452\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider mt-n10@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:A%20%27Sonic%20the%20Hedgehog%27%20movie%20sequel%20is%20on%20the%20way;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>After the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-04-30-sonic-hedgehog-live-action-movie-trailer.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">first<\/a>&nbsp;trailer for Paramount&rsquo;s live-action&nbsp;<em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>&nbsp;flick dropped, viewer reaction was so negative that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-05-24-sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-delayed-design.html\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">it got delayed<\/a>&nbsp;to change the main character&rsquo;s CG look. But it debuted at #1 in the box office in February and eventually pulled in more than $300 million before its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B083XTHKBT\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=buyersguide2020-20&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">home release<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/whats-on-tv-this-week-the-matrix-sonic-and-star-wars-024700182.html\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"1\">earlier this month<\/a>, so of course Sega and Paramount are working on a sequel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/film\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-sequel-1234619356\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;broke the news of the follow-up, reporting that the same team is in place behind the scenes, with Josh Miller and Pat Casey again writing the script and Jeff Fowler returning as director. Fowler&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fowltown\/status\/1266136858980872192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;the article with a simple message: &ldquo;ROUND TWO WITH THE BLUE!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>The first movie, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-02-18-sonic-the-hedgehog-live-action-movie-review.html\">Nick Summers called &ldquo;neither special nor a cinematic train wreck,&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;owns the title of number one opening for a videogame movie with $58 million its first weekend. Whenever theaters are open again, the producers are obviously hoping lightning strikes twice, and that they don&rsquo;t have to re-do all the CG this time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/whats-on-tv-this-week-the-matrix-sonic-and-star-wars-024700182.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/whats-on-tv-this-week-the-matrix-sonic-and-star-wars-024700182.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Richard Lawler<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Richard Lawler<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sega and Paramount are bringing back the writers and director for round two. After the&nbsp;first&nbsp;trailer for Paramount&rsquo;s live-action&nbsp;Sonic the Hedgehog&nbsp;flick dropped, viewer reaction was so negative that&nbsp;it got delayed&nbsp;to change the main character&rsquo;s CG look. But it debuted at #1 in the box office in February and eventually pulled in more than $300 million before &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/05\/29\/a-sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-sequel-is-on-the-way\/\">Continue reading <span>A &lsquo;Sonic the Hedgehog&rsquo; movie sequel is on the way<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/29\/a-sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-sequel-is-on-the-way-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A \u2018Sonic the Hedgehog\u2019 movie sequel is on the way - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/29\/a-sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-sequel-is-on-the-way-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A \u2018Sonic the Hedgehog\u2019 movie sequel is on the way - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sega and Paramount are bringing back the writers and director for round two. 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