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With the great success of the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie, SEGA and Paramount have continued to work on the Sonic movie franchise, with Paramount announcing on February of last year that Sonic 3 was in development, and that Knuckles will also be getting a spin off series to go alongside the main movie releases.

Today, the official Sonic Movie Twitter account has announced that the spin off series for Knuckles The Echidna starring Idris Elba has started production, with a nice little teaser image for the announcement:

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Additionally, Variety got an exclusive article regarding the upcoming Knuckles' series cast, with actor Adam Pally set to reprise his role as "Wade" and actress Tika Sumpter reprising her role as "Maddie", with the other cast members confirmed so far being Edi Patterson, Julian Barratt, Scott Mescudi, Ellie Taylor and Rory McCann.

The series will take place between the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Sonic The Hedgehog 3 movies, the latter of which is slated for a December, 2024 release, which will debut Shadow The Hedgehog. A small plot for the series was also unveiled, with the official logline being:

Knuckles agrees to train Wade as his protégé and teach him the ways of the Echidna warrior.

The series doesn't have an official release date as of yet.

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[KeeperCP1]

The name of the series was already confirmed to be "Sonic the Series"

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I wish knuckles from sonic boom had a spinoff series.

 

[tech3475]

I’m surprised by the OVA reference, I’ve read in the past that Sega apparently hated referencing it in various media.

 

[dragonblood9999]

So is this going to be a movie or a TV series?

 

[ShadowOne333]

So is this going to be a movie or a TV series?

It's confirmed to be a TV series on Paramount+

 

[BakerMan]

I wish knuckles from sonic boom had a spinoff series.

Agreed, he and movie Knuckles are easily the most interesting modern Knuckles('s?)

 

[pustal]

The name of the series was already confirmed to be "Sonic the Series"

Better this way perhaps, it shouldn't compete head to head with Sonic Prime, which has been great so far.

 

[BakerMan]

Yeah, besides, it's nice to see another character take center stage, like Knuckles' Chaotix and those Game Gear Tails games.

 

[raxadian]

Honesty if they just made another Sonic series then that would sell more.

I like Knuckles but a whole series? Nah no thanks, not even if it is like twelve episodes or less.

 

[slaphappygamer]

The name of the series was already confirmed to be "Sonic the Series"

Shadow: The Sheries confirmed next!

 

[leerz]

i will be disappointed if they there's no meme reference to this

 

[Marc_LFD]

Is Knuckles going to join Yellowstone or something?

 

[chrisrlink]

i will be disappointed if they there's no meme reference to this

god kill that abomination NOW

 

[HarveyHouston]

So, when's Sonic Boom coming back?

 

[EpikJimmer]

holy shit he's gonna wear the OVA hat i already love this.

 

[WiiDSXLandKnuckles]

holy shit he's gonna wear the OVA hat i already love this.

Steps in the right direction, now they just need to acknowledge some Archie lore...

 

[Volttekka]

Steps in the right direction, now they just need to acknowledge some Archie lore...

Pretty sure they are legally reluctant to reference the Archie stuff, Ken Penders will come crawling out of the woodwork if he catches a whiff of it

 

[WiiDSXLandKnuckles]

Pretty sure they are legally reluctant to reference the Archie stuff, Ken Penders will come crawling out of the woodwork if he catches a whiff of it

 

[codezer0]

Pretty sure they are legally reluctant to reference the Archie stuff, Ken Penders will come crawling out of the woodwork if he catches a whiff of it

I don't know who that is, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.