Main spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 down beneath!
In the case of characters which were across the longest within the Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise, one which I am certain folks keep in mind is Agent Stone, the assistant to Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik. Now, with Dr. Robotnik’s destiny seemingly determined, Agent Stone’s future is up within the air, however Lee Majdoub has some concepts as to the place he desires his character to go subsequent within the already-announced Sonic the Hedgehog 4.
In the course of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ending, Dr. Robotnik sacrifices himself (supposedly alongside Shadow) with the intention to transfer the Eclipse Cannon away from Earth because it explodes. With this in thoughts, once I spoke to Majdoub for the digital launch of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, I requested the actor what he thinks is subsequent for Stone after Robotnik’s sacrifice. Majdoub eagerly stated he’d like to see what the “grief” would do to Stone after shedding Robotnik and the way it may flip him right into a villain:
There’s so many avenues for Stone. I imply, personally, I believe it will be exhausting to consider that he can be at peace with it. You understand what I imply? I believe we have seen what he is able to. He and Robotnik have had a relationship for therefore lengthy that I do not suppose it will be a simple loss for certain. I believe his grief would most likely get the higher of him, and I might truthfully purchase it to see that he would grow to be extra of a villain than we’re used to seeing.
Majdoub commented that he is “open” to any alternatives to develop on that story with spinoffs with the opposite characters (just like the profitable Knuckles spinoff), and that he is excited by all of the fan pleasure round Stone doable taking up the mantle:
It could be actually cool. It might be actually cool. And hey, Shadow, Tails spinoffs, I might welcome. I believe there’s a whole lot of alternative there as effectively…followers have been wanting it, too, so I am excited. I simply get excited by followers’ pleasure. You understand what I imply? I do not know what the longer term holds, however I am open to all of it.
It could be amazingly cool to see Agent Stone grow to be the subsequent huge antagonist for the franchise, however there may be the truth that not everybody died in that huge explosion. Shadow, in a post-credit sequence, did survive. And whereas Dr. Robotnik is not as highly effective because the hedgehog launched in Sonic 3, the mad scientist has gotten himself out of life-threatening conditions time and time once more.
As they at all times say – when you do not see the physique, something is honest sport.
But when Robotnik is actually gone and we can’t be getting any extra hilarious Jim Carrey dance sequences, I would be open to Agent Stone using his grief and turning into the villain that followers have needed to see him grow to be.
Whereas the subsequent Sonic movie will not be on any 2025 launch schedule, there’s quite a bit to be enthusiastic about. The upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4 has a set launch date (March 19, 2027), and there is already one other central character from the online game that was launched within the post-credit sequence – Amy Rose, which is a giant deal. So, if Agent Stone is the subsequent step in what this group has to face, signal me up — I’m prepared for the experience.