Keanu Reeves Joins ‘Sonic 3’ as Shadow
- Keanu Reeves is set to voice the character Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, following a successful debut of the first footage at CinemaCon.
Keanu Reeves is speeding along to another franchise, with the John Wick star heading to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . He will be voicing the popular character named Shadow, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter .
The news comes on the heels of a jam-packed CinemaCon presentation from Paramount last week, when the studio debuted the first footage for Sonic 3 . This included the revelation that Dr. Robotnik, played by Jim Carrey, was depressed and out of shape after the events of Sonic 2 , but gets his groove back thanks to creating Shadow the Hedgehog, a character first introduced in the video games in 2001's Sonic Adventure 2 . The character is in many ways the anti-Sonic: dark and edgy, while mirroring the hero's powers.
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Paramount's Sonic movie franchise dates back to 2020's Sonic the Hedgehog , which overperformed with $319 million globally, becoming a breakout hit in the video game space, a genre that had struggled at the box office. Sonic 2 followed in 2022 and grossed $404 million globally. Director Jeff Fowler is behind all three installments, which voice star Ben Schwartz as Sonic opposite James Mardsen as Tom Wachowski, a human pal of Sonic's.
Reeves has been in blockbuster mode for the past several years now, last starring in John Wick: Chapter 4 and before that reprising his iconic role of Neo for 2021's The Matrix: Resurrections . Coming up, he has roles in Aziz Ansari's Good Fortune , in which he plays a guardian angel, and has a small part as the popular assassin in John Wick Presents: Ballerina , a spinoff starring Ana De Armas.
The John Campea Show first reported Reeves' casting.
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