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Colleen O’Shaughnessey, longtime voice of Sonic the Hedgehog’s sidekick Tails, will voice the character within the upcoming Sonic theatrical sequel. She joins Ben Schwartz, who voices the hedgehog, and Idris Elba, beforehand introduced to voice Knuckles the Echidna. Tails was teased on the very finish of the primary film — and in addition within the first teaser for the sequel, revealed final February.
Taking my previous pal Tails for an additional journey. Thrilled to announce I’m the voice of Miles “Tails” Prower in #SonicMovie2! Can’t await y’all to see him on the massive display.— Colleen O’Shaughnessey (@VOColleen) December 7, 2021
Whereas it might sound unsurprising that O’Shaughnessey voices Tails within the film after doing so since 2014 (and within the Sonic the Hedgehog film’s post-credits stinger), many voice actors don’t reprise their roles when the online game or cartoon hits the massive display. As an example, Chris Pratt was lately revealed to be the voice of Mario within the upcoming Tremendous Mario Bros. film, whereas Charles Martinet, the person who has voiced Mario because the Nineties, will merely have solely a small function. It speaks to a bigger pattern of casting recognizable celebrities in animation, as a substitute of voice actors.
The primary Sonic the Hedgehog film got here out on Feb. 14, 2020 — after being delayed as a result of huge outcry about Sonic’s design from the primary trailer. Regardless of that first visceral response to the preliminary trailer, the film did nicely on the field workplace and acquired principally constructive opinions. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will pace into theaters on April 8, 2022.
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