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Sonic the Hedgehog 3<\/strong> will be coming to cinemas December 24, 2024<\/strong>. This news comes via a Twitter post from Sonic voice actor Ben Shwartz<\/a>, who took to the social media platform to announce the news with a quick gif and ample excitement.<\/p>\n

This comes following a very successful box office return from Sonic The Hedgehog 2, which crossed over the $400 million mark before its run was done (check out this Nintendo Life<\/a> article for more info). It seems that as though Sonic’s journey through the world of family-friendly cinema is more of a marathon than a sprint.<\/p>\n

For those who didn’t watch the previous film, it was pretty good actually, seemingly breaking the curse of awful video game film movie adaptations that seemed an unavoidable barrier for other properties over the past few decades. Editor Alex Donaldson summed it up in their review of the film<\/a>, writing: “It is ultimately a video game movie that has a heart, and with that heart comes a quality that bucks the trend and actually results in a video game movie you might want to watch a second time.”<\/p>\n

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will be coming to cinemas December 24, 2024. This news comes via a Twitter post from Sonic voice actor Ben Shwartz, who took to the social media platform to announce the news with a quick gif and ample excitement. This comes following a very successful box office return from Sonic The Hedgehog 2, which crossed over the $400 million mark before its run was done (check out this Nintendo Life article for more info). It seems that as though Sonic’s journey through the world of family-friendly cinema is more of a marathon than a sprint. For those who didn’t watch the previous film, it was pretty good actually, seemingly breaking the curse of awful video game film movie adaptations that seemed…<\/p>\n

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