Polygon.com / 20.12.24

Sonic 3 director says Keanu Reeves fixed a key scene for Shadow the Hedgehog

Bringing Shadow the Hedgehog to life on the big screen has been a two-decade journey for Jeff Fowler, the director of Sega and Paramounts live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movies. Fowler finally got his wish with his 2024 movie Sonic the Hedgehog 3. But he first got his hands on Shadow back in 2003, when he worked on the dark hedgehogs first stand-alone game, Shadow the Hedgehog a project that goes almost all the way back to the characters inception. At the time, Fowler was working at Blur Studio, an animation and visual effects company situated in Culver City, California. Blur has worked on dozens of trailers and cinematics for video games, and most recently released the Prime Video series Secret Level. We got hired by Sega for the game Shadow the Hedgehog Shadows second game, Fowler recalled to Polygon. Sega knew they really had something in him, and so they wanted to give him his own game. [Blur] wanted to create some cool, really splashy cinematics to help support it. The piece I re...
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