Sonic the Hedgehog 3Trailer: Jim Carrey Returns (in Multiple Roles!) and Keanu Reeves Voices Shadow

Mar. 15, 2025

Keanu Reevesis joining theSonic the Hedgehoguniverse.

The actor, 59, supplies the voice of Shadow in the firsttrailerforSonic the Hedgehog 3, which brings backJim Carreyas Dr. Robotnik, Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic, Idris Elba as Knuckles, andJames Marsdenand Tika Sumpter in the adaptation of Sega’s video game series.

“Sonic, Knuckles and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before,” teases a synopsis.

“With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.”

Jim Carrey in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”.Paramount Pictures and Sega of America, Inc.

Paramount Pictures and Sega of America, Inc.

Multiple outletsfirst reportedthat Reeves would portray Shadow, a super-powered hedgehog similar to Sonic with darker emotional undertones, in the movie back in April.

The character first was teased toCinemaCon 2024attendees in Las Vegas on April 11 when Paramount Pictures hinted at Robotnik’s creation of Shadow during footage shown at the convention.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3comes two years after the franchise’s second movie, and on the heels of Paramount+‘sKnuckleslive-action spinoff seriesstarring Elba as the red echidna, which takes place betweenSonic the Hedgehog 2and3.

Shadow (Keanu Reeves) in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”.Paramount Pictures and Sega of America, Inc.

Carrey previouslysuggested that he was retiring from actingwhile promotingSonic the Hedgehog 2in 2022.

“I’m being fairly serious,” he toldAccess Hollywoodat the time, adding, “It depends. If the angels bring some sort of script that’s written in gold ink, that says to me that it’s going to be really important for people to see, I might continue down the road. But I’m taking a break.”

James Marsden and Tika Sumpter in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”.Paramount Pictures and Sega of America, Inc.

Though Carrey’s villainous character’s fate was left unclear at the end of the second film, the filmmakers teased Robotnik return on Feb. 2writing on Xwith a clip featuring his laugh, “You all thought I was gone, but I’ve just been underground. What you’ve seen from me is only a #shadow of things to come.”

Sonic the Hedgehog 3is in theaters Dec. 20.

source: people.com