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[Takao]

www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-visi...r-developing-sonic-hedgehog-movie-sony-942661

Just over a week after stepping away from Deadpool, director Tim Miller has set his sights on a new gig: developing an adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog for Sony Pictures.

Miller and his longtime Blur Studio collaborator Jeff Fowler have been tapped to work on the project, on which Fowler would make his feature directorial debut.

The duo are working with Neal H. Moritz (the Fast and Furious franchise), who is producing the adaptation. Miller will act as an executive producer on it.

The plan is to make a hybrid CG-animated/live-action family film. Patrick Casey and Josh Miller, who created Golan the Insatiable, are writing the script.

Miller and Fowler were nominated for a best animated short Oscar in 2005 for their farm animal-centric Gopher Broke (Fowler write and directed, Miller executive produced). The two also have been developing, with David Fincher, an animated adaptation of cult comic The Goon.

Said Miller of his cohort: “Jeff is an incredible director with strong story instincts. The world of Sonic presents the perfect opportunity for him to leverage his experience in animation to bring new dimension to this iconic character.”

Sony Pictures and Marza Animation Planet, a CG animation film production company of the SEGA SAMMY Group, will be the production titles behind the movie.

Joining Moritz as producers are Marza’s Takeshi Ito and Mie Onishi. Joining Miller as executive producer is Toby Ascher. Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons of DJ2 Entertainment will serve as co-producers.

Sometimes I think this entire year has been a dream. Other times? A nightmare.

 

[Ivan 3414]

It could very much be a good movie. Could even be a successful one if the cards are played right.

 

[JazzmanZ]

The plan is to make a hybrid CG-animated/live-action family film

because that worked out so well last time.

 

[WillyFive]

The first 3 episodes of Sonic X would make a great feature film, honestly.

 

[FTF]

Gotta go cast.

 

[taco543]

Never thought I'd be stoked for a sonic movie.

Gotta go cast.

Fucking dead.

 

[Gaspard]

If there's a single 'Chili Dog' reference in the movie it's an A+ in my book

 

[Mr-Joker]

Sony Pictures

Welp there goes any hope of it being good...not that it had much chance in the first place.

 

[TheDinoman]

I simply don't understand the whole live action/CGI hybrid they're going with. I mean, do they seriously want a film version of THIS?

Fucking Sony Pictures.

If it was fully CG, I'd be a little more optimistic about it. I do like that Night of the Werehog short, 'twas pretty charming.

 

[Speely]

Gotta go cast.

You are a treasure.

 

[LordKasual]

Who on earth would believe this is a good idea

Sonic hasn't been good for....

...for a really long time. It's so bad now that Sega has accepted it and Sonic is officially just a parody of himself.

Sonic the Hedgehog is the class clown of the gaming world, he's funny and makes you laugh from time to time, but everyone knows he's flunked every test and isn't graduating

 

[Painguy]

Why does sonic have to like....hang with "real people"? Once they started taking Sonic to the "real world" it got hella weird.

 

[TheDinoman]

Who on earth would believe this is a good idea

Sonic hasn't been good for....

...for a really long time. It's so bad now that Sega has accepted it and Sonic is officially just a parody of himself.

Sonic the Hedgehog is the class clown of the gaming world, he's funny and makes you laugh from time to time, but everyone knows he's flunked every test and isn't graduating

There's one test he probably won't flunk...

 

[Bulbasaur]

I don't care for Sonic, but I enjoyed Deadpool. So by that logic the film could be good, right?

 

[Camjo-Z]

Deadpool was pretty good so this is good news, now all they have to do is not make this another formulaic "cartoon characters get sucked into THE REAL WORLD!!!" type of stupid kid's movie.

Who on earth would believe this is a good idea

Sonic hasn't been good for....

...for a really long time. It's so bad now that Sega has accepted it and Sonic is officially just a parody of himself.

Sonic Mania is literally what everyone has wanted for years, made by and for fans. Please leave "Sonic is dead" hyperbole in the trash where it belongs.

 

[JimJamJones]

Give us what we really want:

A full live-action/CGI film based on Sonic 06.

 

[norm9]

A gritty take on Sonic will be a good refresh.

 

[Lynd7]

Probably use the trope where Sonic and co are transported to our world.

The movie will start with Sonic trying to stop Eggman from using some contraption, it'll backfire or something due to Sonic trying to stop it. A reaction with the Chaos Emeralds will make a wormhole suck them through.

Eggman will then not care and start trying to turn humans into robots etc.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Hey as long as it's not like the Smurfs.

 

[Valkyri von Thanatos]

Deadpool director?! Gooooood..? I agree with others in this thread that the movie should be all CG, even if they do the annoying trope of bringing Sonic to "the real world" that world still shouldn't be live action. I'd be sooooo much more happy with this if it was taking place in a fully imagined world in which the various classic zones are represented as actual places, zany geography intact, and with Sonic and co only interacting with Robotnik + other animals. The human like people in the Sonic OVA are fine too, but real human people in the "real world" would not be. Just imagine a scene taking place in Mirage Saloon, Sonic Mania's newly shown off level, it'd be so great!

 

[Hexa]

Probably use the trope where Sonic and co are transported to our world.

The movie will start with Sonic trying to stop Eggman from using some contraption, it'll backfire or something due to Sonic trying to stop it. A reaction with the Chaos Emeralds will make a wormhole suck them through.

Eggman will then not care and start trying to turn humans into robots etc.

The first 3 episodes of Sonic X would make a great feature film, honestly.

I actually think this would turn out great. I loved the cartoon as a kid. The rich kid, his crazy uncle, and the girl in the wheelchair were all cool. And the story portions that they did go through actually came out pretty well, though it should have ended when they went back.

 

[wildfire]

This weekend when the news broke he was kicked from Deadpool most thought the split was amicable because he got a new job quickly.



Now that we know this is his project I believe Fox is trying to kill his career and studio.

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

Career suicide or possible

Spoiler

chaos

gem?

Spoiler

yes I know its emerald, a man is allowed to reach!

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

The plan is to make a hybrid CG-animated/live-action family film

It never stood a chance

 

[Dice//]

Give us what we really want:

A full live-action/CGI film based on Sonic 06.

 

[pizzacat]

Don't ever argue with Ryan Reynolds

 

[AuthenticM]

From Deadpool to Sonic.

poor guy

 

[Aki-at]

Perfect timing considering Sonic's twitter account level of 4th wall breaking and satire is Deadpool-esque.

 

[Menitta]

That totally fits...but I still have no faith because Sony is at 0 hits when it comes to video game movies. Has a single one been good? I can't think of any.

 

[Deadbeat]

Give us what we really want:

A full live-action/CGI film based on Sonic 06.

300 million dollar budget. Spare no expense.

I want to be disgusted, but impressed at the same time.

 

[BarringGaffner]

from Deadpool 2 to a Smurf/Garfield type film starring one of the worst characters of all time. ouch.

 

[oneida]

from Deadpool 2 to a Smurf/Garfield type film starring one of the worst characters of all time. ouch.

Implying that Deadpool is a good character

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Implying that Deadpool is a good character

What does that make sonic tho

 

[oneida]

What does that make sonic tho

blue Deadpool

 

[jax]

This movie is gonna be amazing.

 

[supermarioworldE]

Hopefully they reconsider the "Live Action/Cgi" route. Im already nervous.

 

[joebruin]

please be live action and have a cameo from obama

 

[NinjamicWZ]

This is the greatest timeline now.

I hope this means the next Sonic game is exclusive to PS4, by Ready At Dawn, and debuts at E3 2017.

 

[Deadbeat]

Hopefully they reconsider the "Live Action/Cgi" route. Im already nervous.

I want my fucking trainwreck. The only way they will achieve it in all its glory is if its a re imagining or a sequel to Sonic 06.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Shadow firing Uzi confirmed!

 

[oneida]

please be live action and have a cameo from obama

 

[lightskintwin]

Talk about an upgrade.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

More Sonic Mania and less Sonic 2006.

 

[Gun Animal]

please just adapt Sonic Adventure and do Sonic Adventure 2 for the sequel. Only way this could be any good.

 

[KissVibes]

God, please give me a live action film of the GOAT Sonic series game.

 

[BTM]

Gotta go cast.

not bad

 

[Discotheque]

Plz give us animated sonic with live action female love interest

 

[SephLuis]

Sonic Mania HAD to have a price people. For every good, there's a bad thing.

Honestly, I'm on train wreck crew. Film based on Sonic 06, call Vin Diesel to voice Sonic and use the most horrendous CGI/Human interaction they can make.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

please be live action and have a cameo from obama

I just did a 180 on this whole thing. Sold.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I can't believe he left Deadpool 2 for this.

Spoiler

/s