{"id":800822,"date":"2025-12-04T23:58:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-the-hedgehog-films-aiming-to-be-avengers-level-events-says-franchise-producer?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-04T23:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:58:57","slug":"sonic-the-hedgehog-films-aiming-to-be-avengers-level-events-says-franchise-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-films-aiming-to-be-avengers-level-events-says-franchise-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic the Hedgehog films aiming to be &#8220;Avengers-level events&#8221;, says franchise producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-films-aiming-to-be-avengers-level-events-says-franchise-producer.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Sonic the Hedgehog films are aiming to be &#8220;Avengers-level events&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s according to Sonic franchise producer Toby Ascher, who spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/tv\/animation\/animated-series-news-april-2024-ark-the-animated-series-fright-krewe-kaiju-no-8-knuckles-sonic\">Paste<\/a> about the decision to create the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/knuckles-tv-spin-off-gets-new-trailer-and-release-date\">forthcoming Knuckles TV show spin-off<\/a>, starring Idris Elba.\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We got really excited about the idea of expanding our characters in our world into television, specifically, because it gives us a platform to really do character studies,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-the-hedgehog-films-aiming-to-be-avengers-level-events-says-franchise-producer?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-the-hedgehog-films-aiming-to-be-avengers-level-events-says-franchise-producer?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sonic the Hedgehog films are aiming to be &#8220;Avengers-level events&#8221;. 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