Keanu Reeves Joins ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ as Shadow

From hit man to hedgehog.

“John Wick” main man Keanu Reeves will voice Shadow in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” a supply confirmed to Selection. He joins a solid that features Ben Schwartz as Sonic, in addition to Jim Carrey because the villainous Dr. Robotnik. A spokesperson for Paramount Footage, the studio behind the movie, declined to remark.

Within the video games, Shadow, an anthropomorphic hedgehog (his fur is black, while Sonic’s is blue), is an antihero of kinds. He’s additionally typically an antagonist to Sonic.

Reeves’ credit embody “Pace,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “My Personal Personal Idaho,” in addition to the “Matrix” franchise. He’ll subsequent seem within the “John Wick” spinoff, “Ballerina,” reverse Ana de Armas (his character’s reveal in a brand new trailer that dropped final week at CinemaCon acquired enormous applause from the group of movie show executives, an indication of the actor’s field workplace prowess). Reeves can be set to co-star in “Good Fortune” alongside Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh.

Jeff Fowler, who oversaw the primary two “Sonic” motion pictures, is returning because the director on the most recent sequel. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara and Hitoshi Okuno will produce “Sonic 3,” which is able to open in theaters on Dec. 20, 2024.

The franchise is considered one of Paramount’s most profitable, with the mixed international field workplace for “Sonic the Hedgehog” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” standing at $725.2 million. The studio can be making a spin-off sequence, “Knuckles,’” that may premiere on Paramount+.

Reeves’ casting in “Sonic 3″ was first reported on” The John Campea Present.”