Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Is ‘Chock Full’ of Sonic 2

 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 director Jeff Fowler has said that fans can expect to see plenty of references to the original Sonic 2 video game in the upcoming movie. Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 levels or references featured in the sequel movie. 

The movie features Tails, who was first seen in the second game, and Knuckles, who was introduced in the third game, so would there be anything else from their respective games? “Oh yeah, all kinds,” he replied.

“One of them was in the trailer, of course, the bi-plane Tornado. It’s such an iconic visual from Sonic 2,” he said. The Tornado, first introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, is a prominent part of the Sky Chase Zone, and will hopefully provide a memorable sequence in the movie.

Fowler would not provide any more details about other game references, but did note that fans can expect many more. “As we were setting out to plot Sonic 2, we all got really excited about just pulling that great imagery that all the fans are going to get excited about seeing on the big screen, and just creating a real cinematic version of the stuff that fans have loved from Sonic 1 and Sonic 2.”

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Character Posters Spotlight Sonic

Get ready, everyone's favorite blue hedgehog is coming back to theaters this spring. In anticipation of Sonic the Hedgehog 2's release on April 8, fans have been treated to three new character posters of everyone's favorite animal heroes. 

The first poster features the star of the film Sonic the Hedgehog, voiced by Ben Schwartz, with his trademark blue speed lines behind him. The new poster also features the tagline "License 2 Quill", a fun play on words that combines the James Bond tagline of "license to kill" with a reference to Sonic's quills.

The second poster gives Sonic's sidekick Tails the spotlight — it also gives Tails' voice actress Colleen O'Shaughnessey the spotlight too. O'Shaughnessey is the only person from the Sonic franchise to reprise a role for these films; she has been voicing Tails in video games and shows since 2014 and voiced the character in the after-credits scene for the first film. The poster also includes the tagline of "Ready 2 Kick Tail". Lastly, the third poster features Knuckles the Echidna, voiced by Idris Elba, readying up to throw hands with the tagline "Time 2 Punch In". This film will be Knuckles' first appearance outside the video games and animated shows.

The new film picks up where the first left off, with Sonic emboldened by defeating the evil Dr. Robotnik and trying to become a hero. However, when Dr. Robotnik returns — with a new ally in Knuckles — in search of a powerful item that could threaten the world, Sonic must team up with his new friend Tails to stop them and, along the way, truly prove that he has what it takes to be a hero.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is directed by Jeff Fowler, who returns after directing the first film. Pat Casey and Josh Miller, who also wrote the first film, return to write the sequel with John Whittington based on a story by Casey and Miller. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is based on the SEGA Video Game franchise and is produced by Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Toru Nakahara, and Hitoshi Okuno with Haruki Satomi, Yukio Sugino, Shuji Utsumi, Nan Morales, and Tim Miller serving as executive producers.

Check out the new Sonic the Hedgehog 2 posters below and see the film when it comes exclusively to theaters on April 8, 2022.

New Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie For Longtime Fans Of the Games

A brand-new Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie poster is officially here, and it's a treat for longtime fans of the series.

IGN can exclusively reveal the new poster, which is evocative of classic genre films like Star Wars in the way that it matches its heroes with the movie's best action sequences. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and of course, Dr. Robotnik, are all present, as are the film's human heroes, played by James Marsden and Tika Sumpter.

Fans of the games will no doubt feel a bit of nostalgia looking at some of the images from the poster, which particularly draw on Sonic's 16-bit heritage. Tail's plane can be seen evading Robotnik's missiles, and Sonic and Knuckles are clearly clashing over a Chaos Emerald.

In general, the sequel seems like it will lean more into Sega's source material than the original released in 2020, which was a roadtrip film and sci-fi fish out of water comedy that just happened to include the blue hedgehog.

"Sonic’s first foray into live-action is a fast-paced joyride that’ll ring in entertainment for both fans and children," we said in our review of the first film.

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