{"id":506791,"date":"2025-11-17T18:25:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2189694"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:25:42","slug":"third-sonic-movie-confirmed-and-knuckles-is-getting-his-own-live-action-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/third-sonic-movie-confirmed-and-knuckles-is-getting-his-own-live-action-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Sonic movie confirmed and Knuckles is getting his own live-action TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/third-sonic-movie-confirmed-and-knuckles-is-getting-his-own-live-action-tv-show.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sonic the Hedgehog&#8217;s second movie outing is still months from release, but already Sega would like you to know that a third entry in the unexpectedly endearing live-action series is on the way. And if that wasn&#8217;t enough live-action Sonic-themed news to be getting on with, how about this: Knuckles is also set to start in his very own TV show.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps unsurprisingly, given how far out both projects still appear to be, details remain relatively scant beyond their official announcement; there&#8217;s one bit of major news, however, with Paramount Pictures confirming Idris Elba &#8211; who&#8217;s set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-10-idris-elba-cast-as-knuckles-in-sonic-movie-sequel\">makes his debut as Knuckles<\/a> in the second Sonic movie &#8211; will be reprising his role as the cocky echidna in the live-action television show, said to be airing on Paramount Plus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-15-third-sonic-movie-confirmed-and-knuckles-is-getting-his-own-live-action-tv-show\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-15-third-sonic-movie-confirmed-and-knuckles-is-getting-his-own-live-action-tv-show\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonic the Hedgehog&#8217;s second movie outing is still months from release, but already Sega would like you to know that a third entry in the unexpectedly endearing live-action series is on the way. And if that wasn&#8217;t enough live-action Sonic-themed news to be getting on with, how about this: Knuckles is also set to start in his very own TV show. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given how far out both projects still appear to be, details remain relatively scant beyond their official announcement; there&#8217;s one bit of major news, however, with Paramount Pictures confirming Idris Elba &#8211; who&#8217;s set to makes his debut as Knuckles in the second Sonic movie &#8211; will be reprising his role as the cocky echidna in the live-action television show, said to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/third-sonic-movie-confirmed-and-knuckles-is-getting-his-own-live-action-tv-show\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This 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