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The first trailer for ‘Knuckles’, the new live-action Sonic spin-off with Idris Elba, has released
The ‘Knuckles’ series is coming really soon, and now we have our first look through an official trailer with a release date.
The first trailer for ‘Knuckles’, the live-action spin-off series with Idris Elba as the voice of the mighty red echidna, is finally here. The trailer (which you can find below) also confirms the release date for the show on Paramount+: it’ll premiere on April 26, 2024.
The series will consist of 6 episodes, with John Whittington (screenwriter of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2′) as showrunner. And while the show will be set between the second and third films of the series, the story will be focused more on Knuckle’s forging friendships and learning about the world alongside Sonic and Tails.
Brian Schacter and James Madejski wrote the show, with Jeff Fowler directing the first episode. Elba will be joined by Ben Schwartz as Sonic, and we’ll also see Edi Patterson (Knives Out), Julian Barrat (The Mighty Boosh), Scott Mescudi (Don’t look up), Ellie Taylor (Ted Lasso), and Rory McCann (Game of Thrones).
New Sonic games are on the way
This is a great time to be a fan of Sonic and friends, as the franchise has been incredibly active in the past few years. Just a few years ago we got to see ‘Sonic Frontiers’ (now regarded as one of the best 3D titles of the series), Sonic Mania revived the 2D titles of old with new amazing content, and we even got a semi-official visual novel, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, thanks to Sonic Team’s April Fools Day efforts.
The latest State of Play from Sony also revealed Sonic X Shadow Generations, a brand new title that seems to add new Shadow levels to the previous Sonic Generations, right on time for Shadow to make his appearance on the third live-action movie.