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More Information Coming Next Year
Ever since the upcoming Sonic live action film was confirmed in June there has been little information. Now, six months later, there’s been a pinch of it.
Van Robichaux, writer of the upcoming official Sonic live action film, replied to a user’s comments that were posted on his official Facebook page with a couple of tidbits on the film:
- The crew is trying to aim for a PG-13 rating.
- There will be no news on the film until next year “for sure”.
With the film and the next Sonic Team game on the horizon 2015 looks to be a critical year for the blue hedgehog. We’ll keep you posted.
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Wow you people are pathetic.
Why, because we’re not all dead inside? Or maybe because we know how to be something other than a bile-spewing dick?
not you RacePro…this time… lol although I had a feeling when I checked responds you would be first to rely to me <3 I will always remember you as the first person to ever join my fanclub.
These people seriously pissing themselves over a rating.
Sonic was and should have always remained an action hero..so getting the typical action movie PG-13 movie is scaring yall? lol oh lord…guess we need more Pixar family moments to comfort you babies xD
Nothing against Pixar by the way. They just aren't in the habit of making super/action hero movies which is what Sonic is. Do they make good movies? Absolutely. Do they make action movies? Besides "The Incredibles" the answer would be no. They don't fall in line with the Sonic identity. Simple as that. Now you can try to call BS and say "Sanic is a comaday nao!!!" But take a step back and observe the real picture…has that been profitable? Has SEGA's bottom line improved from this new mommy approved Sonic direction? Would the average movie goer stand in line to buy a movie ticket about an anthro "cartoon" animal traipse around in a kids movie? Aside from parents, and insecure fanboys, the answer would be a resounding no. The thing is…maybe comedy sonic WOULD be excepted and accepted if Sonic was expected to be a family, comedy-based product. He was established to be COOL not FUNNY and that won't ever change NO matter how hard SEGA may try to change that so this movie rating doesn't bother me in the slightest.
And even if it isn't much better than the TMNT movie (I hope it is) Sonic will once again be making attempts to make his way back to the REAL mainstream audience for a change and with any luck we may get 2 of the following scenarios:
1. The movie is good, pleases reviewers as well as the average superhero movie fan and get's Sonic some identity stability as well as some mainstream notoriety that he has needed since Sonic 06.
2. The movie isn't really liked by many but is allowed to blowover and be forgotten like the Astroboy movie that no one remembers and sustain minimal damage.
But as far as what they have in store for the movie, I doubt it will overload on ball jokes, fart jokes, and inuendo…that would insult Van Robichaux's talent as a writer and so far he hasn't given me any reason to doubt him. But if it turns out it does have it…I won't like it but if it winds up being a hit the kids and the average "hero movie" buff I won't complain since they will know overall that Sonic is an action based series and not a comedy thus if they get interested in the games SEGA will have to fulfill that expectation. It's refreshing to see Sonic not trying to behaving another go at being an action hero rather than a tryhard, self-aware, insecure comedian. Sony has my attention.
Credit where credit’s due, that was actually a pretty decent post. A little snippy maybe, but, well, pot, kettle.
If only more of your posts were like that, then people wouldn’t be so quick to ride your arse about your attitude.
Actually I agree with you but you should have started with that post instead of just calling everyone else pathetic.
“But take a step back and observe the real picture…has that been profitable? Has SEGA’s bottom line improved from this new mommy approved Sonic direction?”
Thank you sir for stating a fact that many seem to be missing. I don’t know the exact numbers, but there is NO WAY Sonic has gained fans over the past few years. If anything, he has lost them. And what happened to Sonic since 2010? He started going in a childish direction. If Sonic 06 was one extreme, than the recent games have been the other extreme.
Now don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Sonic Colors, and I would have been totally fine with the tone of the game if it was just a one time thing. But it wasn’t. Sega kept trying to push that direction on Sonic despite sales numbers showing a gradual decline (don’t expect Sonic Boom to change that). So, Sonic going back in the direction that made him popular to begin with (edgy and action-oriented) is absolutely the right way to go.
When Sonic was being created to compete with Mario, being a comedy character was NOT even a consideration, aside from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog of course. And guess what? SatAM was far more popular.
Sonic was never an action hero. He’s always been a cartoon character based off of Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, and Road Runner, with some small bits of inspiration from DBZ thrown in, because it was all the rage at the time.
Sonic is not comparable to TMNT, because TMNT was originally a very dark and gritty comic book that got turned into a kids’ cartoon for profit. It’s been trying to make its way back to its roots ever since.
The PG-13 rating isn’t making me scared too much just yet. But, it’s indicative that the movie’s tone will be skewed from what is typically expected out of Sonic (and I’m not just talking the new games. I’m talking the old ones too. Also, the Archie Comic.)
Like I said before, Sonic is not a PG-13 series that’s aimed at teenagers by default. Someone has to be purposely pushing it in that direction.
@Chaos Controller
“Sonic was never an action hero.”
Sorry but Sonic has always been the action hero since the first Sonic game, just look at the plot, an evil scientist is capturing inocent animals to turn them into robots and is Sonic mission to destroy his minions and defeat him, I know there weren’t too many cutscenes in the first games but you can give a look at this and tell me if Sonic looks like a Mickey Mouse rip off in here:
Why? For liking Sonic? That’s why we visit this site, why are YOU here?
It’s not nice to insult people. 😐
So says the guy posting this on a Sonic forum.
GG kid. GG.
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608041660074822681&pid=1.7
100Rings in one meme. ‘Nuff said.
I would have found your post more enlightening if you didn’t feel the need to always call everybody a name or more in your posts every time I see you here.
Sure I violently disagree on my initial posts here and I’ll be the one to say I apologize for how I’ve behaved but…
For fuck sake man you need to stop acting so petty.
I’m gonna keep beating the dead horse and throw my hat in with the crowd who doesn’t think that this movie being PG-13 is a good thing.
I’m not shooting the movie down, nor do I automatically think that it’s going to be bad, but that rating doesn’t fill me with a lot of confidence.
Veering toward darker tones doesn’t usually bode well for Sonic, outside of the Archie Comics (and even that was extremely questionable for the longest time). Something like Wreck-It Ralph or The Incredibles, right at a solid PG rating, would be much better suited to a Sonic movie, I think.
But this movie isn’t an animation, it’s a live-action movie.
Now, if you disagree with it being a live-action movie, you disagree with the movie’s very existence, and that is a perfectly valid argument in and of itself.
Uh, I think my post wound up either lost, or in the spam folder. Strange thing is that I was taken to a page saying this page didn’t exist… Donnie, can you fix that please? I wasn’t able to copy and repaste what I typed.
The comment system is broke, for better (meaning 100Rings finally and forcibly will shut up) or for worse (meaning level-headed people like you now cannot share their valuable insight).
For some reason reason I don’t see it anywhere. I don’t think it went through. Might have been due to the up and down nature the site’s had the past few days.
You guys do realize that Shadow and 06 aren’t the only Sonic games with the E10+ rating, right? Unleashed, Black Knight, and Lost World were rated E10+ as well, and they were hardly dark and edgy. SA2 HD also, and it wasn’t anywhere nearly as dark and edgy as Shadow and 06.
Just chill the fuck out and wait for more info first.
“Just chill the fuck out and wait for more info first.”
Well said.
That is a statement I like to live by.
……………….system ate my reply to RacePro…someone please retreive it
No, please. Let the comment system quaff his trollolicious offal so us civil gents and lasses do not have to submit ourselves to its repulsive fetor.
I concur, let the babbling be flushed.
No need. Obviously it’s just yet more verbal diarrhoea from someone who feels an incessant need to shit on anyone and everyone who doesn’t agree with your extremely narrow view on what is acceptable from a franchise starring a bright blue talking hedgehog.
And don’t bother trying to deny it, we all know I’m bang on the money.
Good god, you sicken me. Like I know the Sonic fanbase is the butt of joke, producing wonderful people, like furries, mentally ill deviantart accounts, Chris Chan, and overly sensitive people, but when will you people learn? Did you learn ANYTHING from Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic 06? Good god, it’s a game about a blue hedgehog, and you have the nerve to get upset when people can see what a bad sign it is for a Sonic movie to have a Pg-13 rating? I think they have the right to be extremely skeptical. After all, with Sonic Boom and this movie come out, I can see Sonic fans trying their best to defend it or distance themselves from it. I never comment here, but I decided to read the comments, but big mistake.
He has just as much of a right to speak here as you guys do. Like it or not.
Of course, he does, so long as he understands what sort of response he is asking for when he intentionally slams the rest of commenters here as if they were blind, deaf, dumb and stupid and he were seemingly possessing an IQ of 300 and a twisted sense of humor, both worth zip, zilch, zero.
Though his comment might have been too offensive to other user(s) and if you read the rules none has the right to do that in here, that could explain why it was deleted.
If the tables were turned and the movie was rated G, you naysayers would crying, telling us to wait for the movie come out first. Well you know what? I’m happy anout this. It’s time for Sonic to start being cool and edgy again. I’m sick of this light-hearted crap we’ve been getting
Agreed. Fuck, I hate Colors, Lost World, and Boom’s stories so much. The “edgier” games are by no means the pinnacle of writing either, but at least I wasn’t bored and cringing at every cutscene. People say those games were trying too hard to be edgy, and that may be true, but the recent games are also trying way too hard to be funny to the point where they might as well have no stories at all. It’s literally one extreme to the other. I just want the series to find some consistency and stick with it instead of constantly throwing an established gameplay style and story tone out the window in favor of crappy experimental ones with bare bones plots revolving around jokes.
Colors’ story wasn’t so bad. I’d say Generations’ was worse since it was just about non-existent. Colors was genuinely funny a lot of the time and it never got in the way of the plot (what little there was).
I don’t think a minimalist plot is necessarily a bad thing. After all, the plot of Sonic 1 could be written on a postage stamp. And Sonic 2’s wasn’t exactly a Dickensian novel either 😀
It’s actually one of the things I like most about Colors: it’s basically just you, as Sonic, fighting the robotic hoard of an angry fat bloke.
Lost World‘s story sucked ass though. The Deadly Six were about as interesting as beige stripes on a beige background, highlighted in beige, with beige detailing. Hell, the Deadly Six themselves may as well have been beige! The story would have been reasonable if it had just been six renegade robots instead.
…and I messed up an <i> tag…
No minimalism in and of itself isn’t bad, but the way they did Generations’ story, that is with no story, is such a missed opportunity that I chalk it up as one of the worst in the series history. For one thing, it’s an anniversary game spanning multiple generations, why didn’t the story have more to do with Sonic’s universe than simply “visit this place, ok now this place” and “ha ha, remember this?”. Another is that they missed their golden, maybe their only opportunity to rewrite things that are troublesome (Sol Dimension, Knux & the ME) or things they changed (Silver, Nega) and to answer questions in general (dropped characters).
Lost World was such a shame though. I actually liked about half the Deadly Six, pretty much only on their one sided personalities (Zazz, Zavok, Zor, in that order). They weren’t GOOD, but I liked them for whatever reason. I wish they had done way more with all of them. I wonder if I would have liked them more as robots? If had been, maybe you could have built up to a(nother) secret coup by Metal Sonic, either in the same game or somewhere down the line.
The point of Generations wasn’t the story. Good job missing the point. This is everything wrong with this fanbase, this is the Sonic cycle all over again. Just watch, in a year’s time, you’ll either be defending or distancing yourself from this movie as everybody makes fun for it being an edgy hedgy movie.
And you wonder why Nintendo franchises are more successful?
Don’t fucking speak for me, Joe Musashi. I would have been perfectly fine with a G rating. Something can be G rated and enjoyable and I don’t have a problem with it even if it ended up being PG. But PG-13? For a universally loved character like Sonic?
It doesn’t bode well since those themes have hardly ever benefit him the most when it comes to writing quality.
Another thing that should be noted is that movies, like games, change ratings to hit broader audiences all the time. They might be shooting for a PG-13, but nothing stops them from making that movie and cutting a scene or redubbing audio to par down to a PG.
Still wary (not because of the rating, but because it’s Sony, they’re my least favourite animation studio, I don’t care for any of their films that much) , but I’ll wait for promotional art to be leaked before I decide to be worried or not.
They did Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which seems to have been pretty well received. The sequel less so, but far from a disaster. Arthur Christmas seems to have been well-received too.
But then again, they did do the Smurfs movies…
Agree, the only movie I really liked from them was Hotel Transylvania and it was probably just because Genndy Tartakovsky, but then again the movie could turn great as long as they involve the right people.
Found 5 comments in the spam folder, the majority of them comments for this article. I keep seeing this pattern. The more popular an article gets, the more the spam filter freaks out. XD
Either way some of you should see your comments up now.
I could honestly care less about the rating, most kids these days watch PG-13 movies anyway, besides, most movies with action are rated PG-13 so it’s nothing different.
I think Sony is going to do an OK job on this movie, Amazing Spider-Man 1 got them a crap-ton of money when it debuted only reason why the second movie sucked is because there was too much going on at a certain point and the plot was mushy, but other than that, great movie.
Only thing I’m not so certain of is what way are they going to lead the movie in, Van said that he’s played/playing the Sonic games ( classic and I think modern AFAIK) so he’d have a general idea on how the plot should unfold, but what if it ends up like that piece of crap Eddie Lebron made? that movie was terrible because of the G.U.N agents, the plot, and overall the presentation.
I really want Van to take a look at some of the successes and failures of most of the recent and old Sonic games and form a just opinion on what HE should do to make the movie as good as it can get, the plot should be easy to understand and follow, while at the same time, have a lot of sustenance attached to it.
If Van can do that, this Sonic movie might get it big in box office.
@Chaos Controller
“Sonic was never an action hero. He’s always been a cartoon character based off of Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, and Road Runner, with some small bits of inspiration from DBZ thrown in, because it was all the rage at the time.”
Sorry but I call bullshit. Sonic was inspired by superheros, Micheal Jackson’s boots, and Bill Clinton’s “get it done” attitude.
http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=6D9h-4vQUHM
Sonic’s attitude was inspired by Bill Clinton, his music was inspired by Michael Jackson, and his design was inspired by Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat. These are all facts.
Still, none of that screams action hero…. because he’s not.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I think you are talking about how you would like Sonic to be instead of taking him for what he is, Sonic has always been about action and adventure, you can clearly see that in almost all of his games opening scenes, not to mention all of his games are about action, if you don’t like him for what he is then perhaps you should focus on Sonic Boom which is a more comedic approach.
Nah, he won’t like that either: there’s still plenty of action. At least, there is based on the chassis count I racked up today. A chassis count that has Metal Sonic in the tally no less.
I actually like the Sonic Boom cartoon a lot.
Also, does this mean that Mario is considered an “action hero” as well? Because, I feel like you really can’t consider Sonic to be one without counting Mario as one as well…
@RaceProUK
Well true that… wonder why this guy liked Sonic in the first place then…
@Chaos Controller
Mario is a plumber that his main ability is to jump, he must jump a lot and defeat turtles to rescue a princess, sure his games are all about action but almost no plot.
In the other hand we have a Sonic game that starts like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=442r0nMO7Jg
Stop denying the truth and embrace reality.
So, you’re only an action hero based off of the density of your plot, and not your actual *actions*….?
You guy have some really whacked reasoning.
I’d also like to direct you to the opening of Super Mario Galaxy.
You really can’t count Sonic as an action hero, unless you count Mario as well. If you’re denying that Mario is one, then you’re just negating your argument that Sonic is one as well…
@Raw:
I wouldn’t expect a logical argument from Chaos Controller; he thinks ‘sensible’ and ‘expected’ are synonyms.
@RaceProUK
Hahaha, I know right? According to his logic you can’t say Master Chief or Solid Snake are action heroes if you don’t count Mario as well, then again I have seen worse but none that didn’t liked Sonic being an action hero.
I wouldn’t expect a logical argument from RaceProUK. He trips over the weak points he tries to make, and then tries to sloppily backpedal over them…
See? I can be petty and passive-aggressive as well… >_>
Raw, are you seriously comparing two super-soldiers in the military to a talking, blue, cartoon hedgehog that foils the crazy schemes of a wacky, egg-shaped mad scientist? Seriously….?
It’s a good start. Your next goal is to actually present a logical and well-thought out argument.
I will when you do, RacePro. ;D
@Chaos Controller
Oh, so you are that kind of “fan”, that explains a lot, yes I’m pretty much comparing Sonic to Master Chief or Solid Snake, even when the 3 of them are vastly different, with different tone and rating in their games the three are action heroes, the fact that Sonic games are about a talking blue hedgehog doesn’t mean that he has to be Winnie the Pooh you know? Look, these are some anthropomorphic action heroes on par with Sonic:
-Fox (Star Fox).
-Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank).
-Sly Cooper.
-Ninja Turtles.
-Rocket Racoon.
Though I think Sonic is cooler than them.
Of course, Chaos Controller’s right; Sonic’s not an action hero. I mean, after all, he only smashes robots, has a best friend who flies a biplane armed with machine guns, has another friend who uses his immense strength to smash robots, a self-appointed girlfriend who uses her massive hammer to smash robots, and most recently a crazy young badger who uses her boomerang to smash robots. And of course, we can’t forget to mention the hedgehog who uses magic powers in both close-combat and for ranged attacks, the jewel thief turned secret agent, the water elemental that flattened a city, the hunter-killer robot duplicate, the band of guerilla warriors (a.k.a. the Knothole Freedom Fighters) who routinely sabotage and destroy, and of course the maniacal genius who wants to enslave the entire population of the planet to his will. And then there’s those seven magic gemstones that bestow superpowers. And the time half the Moon was demolished. And the time the planet was shattered into seven pieces. And the huge space station that was designed to oppress an entire planet’s population. And the race of almost invincible robots that wanted to wipe out all organic life in the galaxy.
Yeah, Sonic’s no action hero. In the same way that my avatar is Big Bird from Sesame Street.
So, now I’m a “quote-unquote fan” because I see Sonic as a cartoon character and not an action hero??
What kind of fan are you? The kind that puts others below themselves, because their opinions on the tone of the series are different than yours?
Nice.
Let me ask you this: Do you think Sonic is more about action or adventure (I’m not trying to trick you or anything. I just want your honest opinion)?
That’s like asking if chilli dogs are delicious or tasty.
@Chaos Controller
Are you really playing victim just now? Oh my God.
1- I think Sonic is about Action and Adventure, you think is about adventure and that’s fine, you also say action is more about being routed in “battle, fighting, and/or death” and that’s the very premise of Sonic and has all of that in big doses, yes even death, in videogames and especially in the comics.
2- Sonic is a videogame action hero, still there are cartoon action heroes like Korra and Goku, comic action heroes like Spider-man or Wolverine and live action heroes like Rambo and John McClane, I don’t get why the medium is an impediment.
No one’s playing the victim and, despite your snark, I can respect those views you detailed.
RacePro, however…. *tsk tsk*
Of course! How dare I point out the redundancy in your question? What was I thinking?!
So, Mario’s fought the King of the Koopas, an interdimesional gang of living weapons, and a Demon Queen (who possessed the woman he loves).
Yet he’s *not* an action hero? Explain.
And why you so mad, RacePro?
@Chaos Controller
The way you put it sounds a lot like a Fantasy hero but I don’t know man I’m not that big of a fan of Mario, and sorry but I’m about to get out of work, see you on Monday!
Nope Sonic’s shoes were inspired by Michael Jackson’s boots from Bad, and made red. Even the Sonic OVA (Naka and Oshima and Sonic Team were involved) has plenty of action.
The series takes a lot of inspiration from Marvel, DC, Dragon Ball Z, and Star Wars. All of those are action series. Action in the Sonic franchise is nothing new, nor alien to the series. Sonic Team back in the 90s basically just took a bunch of pop culture stuff they liked (a lot of which, is action-oriented) and created the Sonic series from it. The Sonic OVA and Sonic X were both supervised by Sonic Team, and they had a mix of action and comedy; unlike Sonic Boom, which focuses mostly on comedy. That’s because Sonic Team loves Shonen action anime/manga and western Sci-fi movies, along with western cartoons and comics.
Personally, I dislike the Sonic Boom show, and I hate all the stories in the games post-Colors due to generally being rushed, bare bones, and unfunny with poor pacing. I don’t mind comedy in Sonic, so long as it’s actually FUNNY, but most of the recent stuff isn’t really funny, imo.
Well, if you wanna get technical, Star Wars is a space opera, not an action series.
My personal definition of action series is something firmly routed in the concepts of battle, fighting, and/or death. That may not be the textbook definition for the genre, but it’s what I like to go by.
Personally, I think Sonic’s much more about Adventure than about Action (the two are not the same thing). But, that’s just me, I suppose.
@Chaos Controller: Adventures can still have action; in fact, most of them do. Sonic battles Dr. Eggman and is army of robots; I’d say that’s action-oriented. The action and adventure go hand in hand with each other. The Sonic series isn’t ALL about action, sure, but saying that Sonic ISN’T an action-oriented series is ignorance and an outright lie. The best genre that describes the series is “Action Adventure”.
PG13.
Carry on.
I wonder if the directors are still playing the Sonic games. If they are then that would mean that their probably now playing the Adventure games and looking into it. I can’t wait to hear more info next year! I need to know when they’re going to release a teaser trailer or poster, hell an image or something! Yet all we got is just the ratings, which I’m cool with.
As far as we now there still isn’t a director attached, but Van Robichaux, one of the writers of the movie likes the Adventure games and it looks like is playing Sonic Adventure right now, you can check that through his facebook page.