Sonic 3 Director Jeff Fowler Celebrates 20 Years of Shadow the Hedgehog

In a caller X post, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 manager Jeff Fowler commemorated his 20-year past with Shadow the Hedgehog, noting that “one of my archetypal jobs successful the VFX industry was animating this astonishing character” for 2005 standalone video crippled Shadow the Hedgehog.

One of my archetypal jobs successful the VFX manufacture was animating this astonishing quality for his archetypal #SEGA standalone video game. Twenty years later, I could not consciousness much HONORED to bring SHADOW to the large surface successful #SonicMovie3 ❤️🙏🖤 pic.twitter.com/VnkLP1cPKQ

— Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) August 27, 2024

Voiced by Keanu Reeves successful the upcoming movie, the bizarre failed subject experiment-turned-antihero Shadow the Hedgehog is simply a favourite among the notoriously obsessed fans of the franchise. Even if you’re not up to the infinitesimal connected the intricacies of the long-running multimedia series, you whitethorn have seen the viral clip of the rapturous applause Shadow received upon his tease astatine the extremity of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. After food, air, water, and shelter, it seems Shadow the Hedgehog has overtaken sleep, health, and information connected the pyramid of quality needs.

For Fowler—who besides directed the erstwhile 2 entries successful the franchise—the accidental to yet present the quality to his live-action movie franchise indispensable either consciousness similar coming location again oregon walking implicit his ain grave. Before his enactment connected the Shadow the Hedgehog video game, Fowler was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 abbreviated movie Gopher Broke. Afterward, the animator was hired for “research and development” enactment connected Spike Jonze’s movie adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, but ne'er received the accidental to nonstop a diagnostic until 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog.

For amended oregon worse, it seems Sonic and his supporting formed person mostly defined the animator’s vocation up this point; this includes his enactment connected Paramount+ spin-off bid Knuckles. Where the powers that beryllium volition usher Fowler—who has agelong been attached to nonstop a live-action/CGI hybrid remake of The Pink Panther—from present remains to beryllium seen.

The synopsis of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, arsenic reported successful Deadline: “In the 3rd movie based connected the Sega video games, Sonic reunites with friends Knuckles (Idris Eba) and Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) against a almighty caller adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers dissimilar thing they person faced before. With their abilities outmatched successful each way, Team Sonic indispensable question retired an improbable confederation successful hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.”

The remainder of the formed includes Ben Schwartz arsenic Sonic and Jim Carrey arsenic Dr. Robotnik, arsenic good arsenic James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Adam Pally, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Krysten Ritter, Cristo Fernández, Jorma Taccone, Alyla Browne, James Wolk, and Sofia Pernas.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is scheduled to merchandise this December 20.

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