While the genre has had a checkered past, movies based on video games have been doing well lately. Jeff Fowler's Sonic the Hedgehog (which is streaming with a Paramount+ subscription ), is considered one of the best video game movies,

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is headed our way next month, and it looks like fans are in for a treat. The film will reveal the character Shadow the Hedgehog, voiced by fan-favorite actor Keanu Reeves , who has been said to have really done his homework on the character.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a little over a month away. The third live-action movie starring the blue blur will premiere on December 20, and will include the proper debut of Keanu Reeves’ Shadow. But Paramount is apparently thinking ahead,

Sonic 3 is seemingly following the path laid down by Tails and Shadow's post-credits scene debuts when it comes to introducing fresh faces for its threequel. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, director Jeff Fowler opened up on the possibility of bringing in "new characters" for Sonic 3 in a similar fashion to Tails and Shadow joining the cast after popping up in the preceding movie's after-credits stinger.

Jeff Fowler, director of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, confirms that there will be new characters teased for a potential sequel following the next film.

Past Sonic the Hedgehog films have teased the addition of new characters. As it turns out, the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 may not be different at all. What new character will be teased in Sonic the Hedgehog 3?

Just as Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 before it, the upcoming threequel will introduce another franchise character to tease the film series' future. Director Jeff Fowler revealed as much in a wide-ranging Entertainment Weekly interview that published on Wednesday,