Sonic the Hedgehog: Knuckles TV Show Update Shared By Idris Elba

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 star Idris Elba offers an update on the planned Knuckles TV show. Big screen video game adaptations have long had a notorious track record of flopping at the box office. But 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie bucked this trend by grossing $306 million at the worldwide box office.

Now thanks to the huge box office for the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie, the super-powered video game character is back for a sequel. This time around, Sonic is joined by his sidekick Tails (who was of course only briefly introduced in the first film’s post-credits scene). Sonic the Hedgehog 2 also sees the arrival of a new bad guy in Knuckles the Echidna, as voiced by Idris Elba. Indeed reaction to Elba’s arrival as Knuckles has been so positive, it was revealed back in February that the echidna is getting his own show on Paramount+, with Elba coming back to voice the character on the small screen.

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Obviously it will be awhile until this Paramount+ Knuckles show arrives on fans’ screens. But audiences can rest assured that work on the show continues to progress. Speaking exclusively to Screen Rant from the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 premiere, Elba himself offered a brief status update on the Knuckles show:

Well, we don't know what it is yet, but we're finding it. Knuckles is a fish out of water. He's new to the planet. I think we might explore that little food blog or something.

Knuckles is of course a major character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series and its various comic book and animated spinoffs. For Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the echidna is paired with returning villain Dr. Robotnik, played once again by Jim Carrey. In a storyline ripped straight from the games,