The first
Sonic the Hedgehog live-action adaptation was released in theatres on Valentine's day, and it was very well received by audiences all around the world. In fact, the movie did so well at the box office, that it managed to make a very impressive
$50 million during its opening weekend.
With all of the success that the movie has seen since it hit theatres, fans have already begun wondering if they'll get to see more of their favourite characters from the
Sonic the Hedgehog universe. The good news is that the movie pretty much sets up a sequel, so fans will likely be getting a new movie that will be introducing, at the very least, one new character.
One of the characters — or transformation, rather — that fans wanted to see was Super Sonic. As it turns out, Super Sonic almost made it into the movie, but the idea was scrapped very early on — as recently revealed by the movie's director.
According to
Sonic the Hedgehog movie director Jeff Fowler, Super Sonic could've been in the movie if it had made any sense to actually have him show up. In fact, early versions of the script did include Super Sonic, but they wanted to do the transformation justice and it just didn't make sense without introducing the Chaos Emeralds first.
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It didn't make sense to obviously bring in the Super Sonic thing just yet. I mean, there were very early versions of the script and the outlines where... because we knew that's something that's very important in the fan mythology, or the mythology that fans love. And Chaos Emeralds are definitely a huge part, even going back to the first game in '91, and it was definitely something that we were kind of trying to see. Like, 'Does it make sense to include one of these?'"
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But again, just going back to what I said about the simplicity of it and just for the sake of just really starting from the simplest version and not trying to do too much, it just felt like, 'Let's just... let's do the origins as Sonic and Robotnik and try to nail those characters before we potentially would open it up to some of these elements from the games that fans know and love.'"
So, there you have it. Super Sonic almost made the cut, but the team decided not to include him just yet. Could we end up seeing Super Sonic in the inevitable
Sonic the Hedgehog sequel? Would you like to see Sonic's most powerful transformation in the next movie? Let us know in the comments section below.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega that centers on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog. The film follows the (mis)adventures of Sonic as he navigates the complexities of life on Earth with his newfound – human – best friend Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination. The film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.
Sonic the Hedgehog is currently playing theatres.