Keanu Reeves' Shadow Character Exhibits Uncooperative Behavior in the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Video Preview
Team Sonic potentially faces defeat at the hands of Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves). If you're familiar with the Sega game's background, you're aware that things are about to get considerably sharper when this famous video game villain makes his entrance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. In anticipation of the movie's release, which will follow this year's Knuckles on Paramount+, let's take a closer look at Shadow in action and square off against Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey), and Knuckles (Idris Elba).
Check out the clip below to see how round one between Team Sonic and Shadow unfolds in Sonic 3.
What's amusing about the clip above—other than our protagonists discovering a new high-level threat in town—is that in Sonic the Hedgehog, there's a reference to Keanu Reeves when Sonic watches Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break as the Donut Lord (James Marsden) does from outside the house before they become the franchise's inseparable family. So it's quite interesting to watch Sonic fight against the voice of one of his idols. And no doubt, there's a hidden wink in the upcoming movie. As a Sonic fan, who last played the Dreamcast era of the games that featured Shadow's storyline, it's thrilling to see it all play out on the big screen.
We'll be waiting with tissues at the ready to see his tragic backstory with Maria Robotnik, who Shadow comes close to while in Gerald Robotnik's lab where he is created. Yes, I'm afraid you're right, they're related to Eggman (Jim Carrey); he's back as the franchise's primary antagonist, who Team Sonic ends up needing to recruit in order to thwart his grandfather Gerald (who Carrey also plays) and Shadow's undoubtedly malevolent plans.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 hits theaters in December. Catch the rest of the Sonic film series, including the Knuckles series, on Paramount+.
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In the upcoming movie adaptation of 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3', viewers can expect to delve deeper into Shadow the Hedgehog's (Keanu Reeves) technology-driven abilities, which could shape the future of the Sega franchise on the big screen. Io9 anticipates a thrilling series of events, given the role of Keanu Reeves and the franchise's rich history of integrating technology into its movie plotlines.
