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Sonic the Hedgehog 3will be able to start filming despite the current actors’ strike, but the film still won’t finish until the actors and studios reach a deal.
After finding success in the first two installments of theSonic the Hedgehogmovie franchise, Paramount announced plans to make a third film. Filming was set to start in London on August 31st afterthe Knuckles spin-off serieswas finished. Once the actors went on strike on July 14th, almost all film and TV productions were shut down until the strike was over, and most would have assumed thatSonic the Hedgehog 3would also be unable to film.
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Screen Dailyreports that Sonic and his colorful friends will cross the picket line and continue filming despite not having actors. TheSonic the Hedgehog 3production crew will film scenes without the actors starting in September until the strike is over with a fair deal for actors and writers. Although they are filming in London,Sonic 3is still a SAG-AFTRA production, and almost all of the actors in the film are a part of that union and won’t be able to do any filming, even overseas. However, being in London still helps the production, as there will not be a physical picket line stopping production.
The scenes that they will film will be ones that don’t have any actors in them and only CGI characters. InSonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic had the most screen time with 49 minutes, and Tails had the second most with 30 minutes. The past films had plenty of scenes that were only CGI characters, and now that they haveadded Shadow the Hedgehog to the next movie, they can have more of those scenes. The production will probably have plenty of scenes to film without any actors.
This is also good news for fans, as this might preventSonic the Hedgehog 3from missing its release date. Additionally, most people critiqued the second film for focusing too much on the human characters. If the film focuses more on Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and any other characters they may include, it may be received better by audiences.
This is not great news for the strike. If studios can continue to work on projects amid the strike, it relieves their pressure and prolongs the strike further. However,Sonic the Hedgehog 3production won’t be able to finish until the strike is over because they still need actors to film some scenes.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 17, 2025.
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