Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Trailer Shows Keanu as Shadow 

Ahead of its December 20, 2024, a new Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie trailer shows us Keanu Reeves as Shadow the Hedgehog. The video highlights existing characters from the first three films, like Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Tom Wachowski, before getting into the new hedgehog’s origin story.

Things begin with Wachowski telling Sonic that he has a family now. This happens as brief clips of Tails and Knuckles, who debuted in the second live-action movie, show up. From there, we are taken to a secure facility where Shadow is being created. He breaches security and escapes. The government then calls in Team Sonic to handle the Shadow the Hedgehog escape in the film. This moment also involves a callback to the games, with Shadow in containment and touching hands with a young girl who appears to be Maria Robotnik. Dr. Robotnik’s involvement is teased after the halfway point, and we actually get to hear Reeves as Shadow after the 2:20 mark.

Here’s the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie trailer highlighting Shadow.

We first learned about the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie back in February 2022. At the time, Shadow initially wasn’t revealed as part of it. The character’s involvement came up in later teases. 

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will appear in movie theaters on December 20, 2024. The previous two movies are available now, and the Knuckles TV show is on Paramount+.