Sega’s Blue Blur will be back again as Paramount has announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is set to hit theaters in Spring 2027, as reported by Variety. Paramount seems confident about the series’ future, announcing the sequel on the same day Sonic the Hedgehog 3 premieres. The third film is expected to perform well due to the holiday season, even as it goes up against Disney’s Lion King prequel, Mufasa.
No plot details have been revealed for Sonic the Hedgehog 4, but star Ben Schwartz expressed his excitement to return to voice Sonic again on his Instagram page, confirming the news. What we do know is that Sonic 3 will fall in line with the tradition of the films that end with a new character being introduced.
Fans have speculated that it will either be Amy Rose or Metal Sonic, but with Team Sonic’s massive menagerie, all bets really are off.
Update: At this time, GameSpot has been told that it’s not confirmed that Season 2 of Chucky will air on both USA and SYFY.
Chucky has been renewed for Season 2, according to Variety.
This is a nice vote of confidence from both networks for the show, which premiered simultaneously on both USA Network and Syfy on October 12 this fall. Billed as a “coming of rage” story, the series features the iconic killer doll in a spin-off from the long-running Child’s Play horror series–but one that tackles themes of sexuality, bullying, domestic life, and murder.
“We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with Chucky,” said series creator, showrunner, and executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, Syfy, and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing Chucky to the small screen, bigger than ever.” Mancini also added that Chucky sends his “still-undying thanks” along with a mess…
Read moreCapcom has recorded yet another profitable business streak, as the company reported a 35.9% increase in revenue in its consolidated financial report for its third quarter that ended on December 31, 2021. This makes the entirety of 2021 the ninth consecutive year of operating income growth for Capcom, as well as its fifth year in which it achieved record-setting profits.
New titles such as Resident Evil Village and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin saw massive sales after launch, with digital sales playing a large role in Capcom’s growth for 2021. Other legacy titles such as Resident Evil 7 continued to sell well, and with another million sales in 2021, the older survival-horror game reached a 10 million sales milestone back in October 2021.
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Read moreGrand Theft Auto Online is finally a standalone game, and Rockstar wants to celebrate its release on next-gen consoles. While everyone will be able to claim some kind of bonus payout or pick up some vehicle at a discount this week, players on the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S specifically will have access to three pieces of featured content in GTA Online this week.
This week’s GTA Online update can be found on the Rockstar Newswire, but all of its most important details are below.
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Read moreAccording to Japanese publication Nikkan Gendai and spotted by Kotaku, Sega’s Judgment series of games may be getting a live-action TV adaptation for Asahi Television, the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network. The show’s working title is Sabakarezaru, which means “The Unjudged” when translated, similar to how Lost Judgment’s full title in Japan is Lost Judgment: Sabakarezaru Kioku or “Unjudged Memory.”
The series will reportedly star Takuya Kimura, who lent his likeness and voice to Judgment and last year’s sequel. If you haven’t played the games, both of them center around former attorney Takayuki Yagami, who becomes a private investigator in Tokyo’s Kamurocho district. Both games feature heavy themes and deep mysteries, such as Lost Judgment’s plot that focused on bullying, high school suicide, and a murder mystery that threatened to topple the Japanese legal system.
Each game features an episodic structure and plenty of plot development between rounds of ac…
Read moreJoker director Todd Phillips created one of the most profitable films in Hollywood history and is following it up with Joker: Folie à Deux this coming Friday, October 4. Would Phillips ever come back for another Joker or DC movie? Don’t get your hopes up.
Asked by The Hollywood Reporter if he might make a standalone movie for Lady Gaga’s character, Harley, Phillips said he has no plans for that or any other DC movies.
“It’s not really where this movie is headed for me. I feel like my time in the DC Universe was these two films,” he said.
Before this, Phillips told Variety that he had fun making two Joker movies, but noted, “I think we’ve said what we wanted to say in this world.” As such, no one should expect Phillips to come back for Joker 3 or any other DC film, though of course plans can always change.
Joker: Folie à Deux is poised for a gigantic debut when it opens on October 4, but won’t be able to match the pace of the record-setting original film fro…
Read moreThe John Wick franchise took the world by surprise almost a decade ago, with the first installment becoming a sleeper hit and eventually grossing $1 billion worldwide. The latest entry, simply called John Wick 4, possibly saw the end of the assassin’s adventures, but the director and creator of the Keanu Reeves-led series has other plans.
Talking to Inverse, Chad Stahelski mentioned he has “notebooks and notebooks” of ideas he has for future John Wick sequels, outside of the FX prequel series The Continental, and what’s next for both him and Reeves as he addresses that particular final scene.
“As far as John Wick 4 goes and the ending, if you go back and you watched–God forbid–all four in a row, it’s supposed to be a bit of a fever dream,” he said laughing. “You can see how the first one starts fairly grounded. The second one’s a rock opera, and the third one’s a kung fu classic. The fourth one is this weird western samurai film. They get more ridiculous as you go. The…
Read moreWhile Seth Rogen is primarily known for being a stoner with a memorable laugh in Judd Apatow movies, these days he’s doing at least as much producing as he is acting, with five of his current and upcoming production projects being rooted in comic book origins. And so Rogen has opinions about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which he spoke about in a new interview with Total Film Magazine.
“I think that Kevin Feige is a brilliant guy, and I think a lot of the filmmakers he’s hired to make these movies are great filmmakers,” Rogen said. “But as someone who doesn’t have children… it is [all] kind of geared toward kids, you know? There are times where I will forget. I’ll watch one of these things, as an adult with no kids, and be like, ‘Oh, this is just not for me.'”
Rogen’s assertion about the intended demographic for Marvel movies is perhaps painting with too broad a brush. Marvel movies are aimed at the largest possible audience, and kids just happen to be a part of that;…
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