Go Away Marvel, We Have A Sonic Cinematic Universe Now
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is finally here and along with most of the lucky people who had the chance to see the sequel before it officially arrived, I can confirm it's pretty great. Even better than the first movie in my humble opinion, and jam-packed with more references than you can shake a blue quill at. If you have played Sonic games at any point in your life, or for pretty much all of it like me, there's a lot of moments that you'll enjoy in this movie. It also nails the introductions of Tails and Knuckles, and above all else, it's just a lot of fun.
Despite not having yet arrived in North America and other parts of the world at the time of typing this, Sonic 2 is already off to a flying start. $25.5 million across 31 territories during its opening weekend is a two percent uptick on how well the first movie performed. Incredible news for Paramount as the studio has already confirmed there will be a Sonic the Hedgehog 3, a Knuckles spinoff show on Paramount+, and Tails might even be getting a movie of his very own, although that last project hasn't been officially confirmed just yet.
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It seems in the coming years what once appeared to be a doomed movie thanks to the OG design of its starring hedgehog will become a fully realized Sonic Cinematic Universe. No, that's not just me, an overexcited Sonic fan still riding the high that was my most recent trip to the cinema. One of the producers to have worked on both movies confirmed that the goal is to create an entire cinematic universe for the blue blur.
The words cinematic universe were coined, and are usually associated with, Marvel. Now, if you were to lock me in a room and my only way out was to pick between
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