Both Nintendo's Mario and Sega's Sonic, became in the 80s and 90s a reference when identifying console manufacturers. Mario has been with us for more than 30 years and has its own encyclopedia. However, Sega's mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog, has not been so lucky, as the manufacturer left the console market after the launch of the Sega Dreamcast.
When Mario became the most identifying element of the Nintendo console, he got to star in a movie, a movie to forget. A few years later, the Sega mascot will release its own movie, a movie that will hit theaters in late 2019.
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been a want and can't in recent years, until finally Sega gave the go-ahead, perhaps because the technology has advanced enough that the result can be spectacular, at least if it is they have the right tools. For now, things are looking good, since the director will be the same as the first Deadpool movie, Tim Miller. Although it was Sony who took the first steps to bring this icon of video games to the big screen, finally Paramount Pictures will take over.
The expected release date, The Hollywood Reporter reports, is November 15, 2019, a year after the initial date before Sony completely disengaged from production and sold the rights to Paramount. At the moment we do not have more data, but Everything seems to indicate that the film will be a mixture of real actions with CGI animations.
Since in 1991 Sonic the Hedgehog hit the market to replace Alex Kidd and try to compete on equal terms with Nintendo's Mario, this 15-year-old hedgehog, one meter tall and 35 kg, has sold more than 360 million copies worldwide, his latest video being Sonic Forces, video game which is available for Windows, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.