Growing up, the console war was easy: you were either a Sega Genesis kid or a Super Nintendo kid, and by extension, you were either Team Sonic or Team Mario. That rivalry defined an era of gaming and playground arguments that may never be replicated. All these years later, Sega is long out of the hardware business, but Sonic and Mario have found a totally different battlefield: movie theaters. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hits theaters on April 1, and today, exactly one yr before its March 19, 2027 release, Paramount dropped the first teaser for Sonic the Hedgehog 4.
It’s still wild to take into consideration how far the Sonic movie franchise has come. When that original design leaked and “Ugly Sonic” became a meme that almost torpedoed your entire project, no person could have predicted we’d be sitting here talking a few fourth film. The teaser opens with Amy Rose’s hammer shattering through to disclose the Chaos Emeralds, followed by Jim Carrey’s unmistakable voice as Dr. Robotnik. The trailer also gives glimpses of Metal Sonic, who appears to be a significant antagonist this time around. Carrey’s return is notable considering how persistently he’s talked about retiring from acting, however the Sonic franchise keeps pulling him back.
Ben Schwartz, who voices Sonic, confirmed the total solid on social media. Returning alongside Schwartz and Carrey are Idris Elba as Knuckles, Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Tails, Keanu Reeves as Shadow, James Marsden and Tika Sumpter as Tom and Maddie, Lee Majdoub, and Kristen Bell as Amy Rose. Latest additions to the franchise include Ben Kingsley, Matt Berry, Nick Offerman, and Richard Ayoade in undisclosed roles. Jeff Fowler returns to direct. Paramount has also already dated an untitled Sonic universe film for December 22, 2028, so this franchise isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
In case you had told me as a child arguing about Sonic vs. Mario on the playground that someday, 30 years later, they’d each be major movie franchises competing for box office dollars, I might have thought you were out of your mind. Yet here we’re, and truthfully, each side are winning.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 – Title Reveal