MCU and DC star Idris Elba
is all set to team-up with John Wick icon Keanu Reeves
for the online game sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (which is because of land in theaters on December 20), with the actor now pushing for an additional online game adaptation that the pair could lead on. And it’s excellent. Talking with Display Rant, Elba was requested a couple of doable live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film fronted by himself and Reeves, which the Thor actor now hopes to “converse that into existence.”
Any live-action adaptation of CD Projekt Pink’s futuristic RPG could be silly to not embrace A-listers Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves, as each have already performed a component within the franchise in digital kind. The previous performed former lawman-turned-hit-man Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, whereas the latter portrayed the army veteran and “rockerboy” Johnny Silverhand. Placing them collectively on-screen in an adaptation is definitely simply printing cash, and Elba now needs to see it occur.
“Oh, man, that is a terrific query. I feel if any movie might do a live-action rendition, it may very well be [ Cyberpunk 2077 ], and I feel his character and my character collectively could be, “Whoa.” So, let’s converse that into existence.”
Is a Stay-Motion ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Film Taking place?
Whereas experiences of a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film did emerge final 12 months, not a lot else has been launched since. Netflix, nonetheless, has introduced the franchise to life in animation within the anime sequence Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
, for which a second season can also be on its means.
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Whereas we await the announcement that Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves will reunite for a Cyberpunk 2077 film (actually, any studio could be loopy to cross up such a undertaking), the pair will first share the massive display screen on this month’s online game sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 3
. Directed as soon as once more by Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s Jeff Fowler, and written by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 stars Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Tails, Idris Elba as Knuckles, and Keanu Reeves as Shadow the Hedgehog, with the remainder of the forged together with James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Lee Majdoub, and Jim Carrey, who will reprise the function of Dr. Ivo Robotnik.
Clearly, Elba and Reeves loved working collectively as, together with the potential Cyberpunk 2077 adaptation, they’ve additionally revealed their hopes of bringing Knuckles and Shadow again collectively for a Sonic spin-off. Till then, you’ll be able to try the official synopsis for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 beneath.
“Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the massive display screen this vacation season in his most thrilling journey but. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite in opposition to a robust new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers not like something they’ve confronted earlier than. With their talents outmatched in each means, Group Sonic should search out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and defending the planet.”
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the sequel to the 2022 comedy-adventure film that featured the Blue Blur and his companions on an journey to cease Dr. Robotnik from taking on the world. The brand new movie sees the brand new antagonist Shadow the Hedgehog, arriving to trigger hassle for the newly fashioned trio of heroes, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, as they regulate to their earthly lives.
- Launch Date
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December 20, 2024
- Runtime
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109 Minutes