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The Knuckles TV Series Has Kicked Off Production

It's the HAT.

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Announced in February last year, the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movies’ spin-off TV show, Knuckles, has officially begun production in London and some of the key cast and crew have been announced.

Variety reveals that the series will be set between the events of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and the already-confirmed Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (set to hit theatres in December 2024) and is helmed by Jeff Fowler, the director of the first two films. Paramount Plus has also brought a lot of the key creative team from the films over to the series, and has also announced some of the addition episode directors set to contribute including Carol Banker, Brandon Trost and The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone.

Idris Elba will return as Knuckles, naturally, and Adam Pally will be back as Wade Whipple from the films, who Knuckles reportedly will be training as his protégé in the series. Also returning is Tika Sumpter as Maddie Wachowski alongside some new cast including Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), Julian Barratt (Mindhorn), Ellie Taylor (Ted Lasso), Rory McCann (Game of Thrones) and Kid Cudi.

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The Knuckles series is coming to Paramount Plus, and the first tease on social media shows the iconic Knuckles the Treasure Hunter hat that long time fans will know from Knuckles’ feature in the 1996 Sonic the Hedgehog anime film.

There was a time when Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the second highest-grossing video game film adaptation globally, after beating its own predecessor at the box office, but has since been shuffled down the podium by The Super Mario Bros. Movie which has already eclipsed it and the Warcraft movie to make the top spot.

SEGA must be making some significant returns on its partnerships with these productions as well, given it just acquired Angry Birds maker, Rovio, to the tune of over $1 billion AUD.