Shadow’s Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Movie Introduction Scene Hyped By Ben Schwartz

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 star Ben Schwartz promises a satisfying entrance from Shadow (Keanu Reeves) in the film. The movie is the third installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series and is based on the video game franchise of the same name by Sega. In the games, Shadow is Sonic’s archenemy, raising anticipation for the iconic villain’s long-awaited entry in the film series. Anticipation was raised further when it was announced Reeves had signed on to voice the character. Now, Schwartz is further hyping up Shadow and promising his entry will be everything viewers hope for.

In an interview with Screen Rant, Schwartz teased the “gratifying” nature of Shadow’s arrival in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Schwartz, who voices Sonic, stated he loved Shadow’s entrance in the new film. He acknowledged that the movie is taking on one of the franchise’s biggest characters but was doing so that would demonstrate to fans that it cares about and understands them. Schwartz concluded that he hoped fans would feel taken care of by the movie. Check out his statement below:

Well, I think it’s also exciting for me when you get to introduce another character from the video games. For me, it’s gratifying and lovely, and also, Shadow, to me — people have the rankings of which is their favorite Sonic characters, but to me, I think we’re hitting all of the A sides. We’re hitting all the big hits, like all the ones that are just extraordinary, and these are characters that in different games you could play as. So, it’s pretty remarkable.

I love the intro to him in this film, and I think fans are going to be excited. And I think fans understand how much we care about them, think about how much we changed the film from the response to the first trailer, which I think was the very right move. I think fans will feel like they’re being taken care of, I hope, because we always do it for them, and it hasn’t failed yet. We get to make a third one, there’s a spin off, so the idea that we’re still doing this, man, you think about where we started and where we are right now, it’s pretty remarkable. So we’re very excited.

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Scwartz’s tease of Shadow’s epic entrance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is quite interesting, given that details on the antagonist have been fairly sparse. This will be the first movie to include Shadow in a prominent role, although the character was first teased in Sonic the Hedgehog 2‘s mid-credits scene. It shows the research facility housing “Project Shadow” before getting a brief glimpse of Shadow himself. The non-speaking cameo from the villain set the stage for him to become the main antagonist in the next movie.

After the confirmation of Shadow’s appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the production largely remained quiet about the nature of his role. However, last month, it was finally confirmed that Keanu Reeves would voice the character. The casting of such a high-profile Hollywood star suggested that the villain would have a major role in the new film and may even set him up to appear in future films or his own spinoff, similar to the Knuckles series. Meanwhile, it has also been confirmed that the movie’s story will be based on Sonic Adventure 2.

Since the upcoming movie entry will pull elements from the video game, it’s believed the movie will focus on the origin story of Shadow, including his creation by Dr. Robotnik and his close connection to Robotnik’s granddaughter Maria. However, Knuckles included one reference to Shadow, which suggested the character was on Earth 50 years ago. The timeline doesn’t add up with the backstory in the video games, suggesting elements of his origin story may be retconned. Based on Schwartz’s statement, though, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will allegedly do justice to Shadow, regardless of how it tackles his story.