SONIC is officially in its filming stages, with actor James Marsden recording his scenes as Tom Wachowski, a police officer who will help Sonic in the film. Now, actor Jim Carrey, who was in the final negotiations to play Dr. Eggman, confirms that he is in fact involved with the film starring SEGA’s mascot in an interview with Deadline. Here is the excerpt:
"Regarding Jim Carrey’s next film, it is Paramount’s feature-film interpretation of SEGA’s mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. He plays the villain Dr. Ivo ‘Eggman’ Robotnik.
‘It will be live-action,’ Carrey says about his character.
How will the stand-up comedian with a thousand faces portray him?
‘Magic!’ Carrey shouted to the audience, ‘mixed with despair.’"
Big Names Involved
SONIC is about Sonic, a blue hedgehog who embarks on several adventures against Dr. Eggman. However, when the hedgehog finds himself in a difficult situation, a small town and a police officer named Tom get involved in the action to help save Sonic from the government that is pursuing him. The film will be directed by Jeff Fowler, in his first film as director, executive produced by Tim Miller (director of Deadpool), produced by Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious), and written by Patrick Casey and Josh Miller (Golan the Insatiable) and Oren Uziel (The Cloverfield Paradox).
SONIC will premiere in theaters on November 15, 2019.
