{"id":154864,"date":"2021-08-11T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=154864"},"modified":"2021-08-11T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:09:13","slug":"idris-elba-to-voice-knuckles-in-sonic-the-hedgehog-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/idris-elba-to-voice-knuckles-in-sonic-the-hedgehog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba to Voice Knuckles in &#8216;Sonic the Hedgehog 2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cThe Suicide Squad\u201d star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/03\/idris-elba-caleb-mclaughlin-talk-father-son-dynamic-in-concrete-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Idris Elba<\/a> joins action-adventure\u00a0comedy film <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_(film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Sonic the Hedgehog 2<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>cast as &#8216;Knuckles the Echidna.&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 157 196'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-11-at-3.01.55-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154866\" width=\"157\" height=\"196\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Knuckles is a red Echidna and he\u2019s the guardian of the Master Emerald in the videogames. He is also known to be hot-headed and a fighter. <strong>Ben Schwartz<\/strong>\u00a0reprises his role as the voice of\u00a0Sonic the Hedgehog, alongside\u00a0<strong>Jim Carrey<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Dr. Robotnik, with\u00a0<strong>James Marsden\u00a0and\u00a0Tika Sumpter<\/strong>\u00a0in the roles of Tom and Maddie Wachowski\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elba made the official &#8216;Sonic the Hedgehog 2&#8217; announcement on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/idriselba\/status\/1425174698007138305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a> with a picture of Knuckles\u2019 spiked fist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-11-at-2.38.33-PM.png\" alt=\"Sonic the Hedgehog 2\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154865\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After defeating Dr. Robotnik and sending him to the mushroom planet, Sonic is ready for more freedom, as Tom and Maddie agree to let him stay home while they go on vacation. However, Dr. Robotnik (now Dr. Eggman) returns from the Mushroom planet with a new partner, Knuckles, in search of an emerald that can give the power to build and destroy civilizations. Now, Sonic and his newfound best friend, Tails, embark on a journey to get the emerald, before it falls into Eggman&#8217;s hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Fowler is returning to direct on the sequel after delivering a pre-pandemic blockbuster for Paramount with the first 2020 film which grossed close to $320M WW. Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Whittington are writing the script off a story which Casey and Miller penned based on the SEGA video game. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, Hitoshi Okuno are producing. EPs are Haruki Satomi, Yukio Sugino, Shuji Utsumi, Nan Morales and Tim Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sonic the Hedgehog 2<\/em>\u00a0is scheduled for release in the United States on April 8, 2022, by Paramount Pictures in association with\u00a0SEGA Sammy Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Suicide Squad\u201d star Idris Elba joins action-adventure\u00a0comedy film Sonic the Hedgehog 2 cast as &#8216;Knuckles the Echidna.&#8217; Knuckles is a red Echidna and he\u2019s the guardian of the Master Emerald in the videogames. He is also known to be hot-headed and a fighter. 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