Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Is Officially Happening

VFX Online May 30, 2020, 6:13 am 1.2k Views

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Is Officially Happening

The director and writing team behind the first film will return to work on a Sonic the Hedgehog sequel.

May 28, 2020 – Sonic the Hedgehog, Racing into theaters earlier this year, not only was the Sonic movie met with a solid amount of positive reception, it also did quite well at the box office. Now it’s been confirmed that the Sega character will be returning to the big screen for a sequel.

In January 27, 2020, during an interview, Carrey brought up that the expansion of the character Dr. Robotnik could lead up to a potential sequel, “I wouldn’t mind going to do another one because it was so much fun, first of all, and a real challenge to try to convince people that I have a triple-digit IQ… There is so much room, you know, Robotnik has not reached his apotheosis.”

In February 2020, director Jeff Fowler said that he plans for a potential sequel to feature more elements from the video games. In March 2020, Marsden confirmed that he had signed on for multiple sequels, stating, “I believe, I don’t know if I’m supposed to say, as many as they want to make. Yeah, that’s my somewhat vague answer.”

In April 2020, Marsden expressed interest in a sequel featuring Tails and additional characters from the games, while Fowler expressed interest in featuring Sonic and Tails’ friendship from the games and further developing Dr. Robotnik in a potential sequel. Later that month, Ben Schwartz felt a sequel would make sense because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Co-writer Pat Casey said there had been talks about a potential sequel featuring more elements from the games, but that it had not been approved yet. He expressed interest in a shared universe featuring both Sega and Nintendo characters, but saw it as “unlikely.”

A sequel was announced on May 28, 2020, with Jeff Fowler returning as director & Pat Casey and Josh Miller returning as screenwriters. It was also confirmed that Tim Miller, Hajime Satomi, and Haruki Satomi will also be returning as executive producers and Neal H. Mortiz, Toby Ascher, and Toru Nakahara producing the sequel.