A week after Netflix announced it had ordered a new Tomb Raider animated series, the streaming service has bagged another video game property, this time in the form of the famed “blue blur” Sonic the Hedgehog.

According to Netflix, the iconic Sega mascot will star in a new 3D animated series from Sega, WildBrain Studios and Man of Action Entertainment titled Sonic Prime and is scheduled to premiere some time in 2022. Announced just in time for Sonic’s 30th anniversary, the series has been secured for a 24-episode run and is said to be aimed at “kids, families, and long-time fans.

In the launch blurb, Netflix promises a “high-octane adventure” in which the “fate of a strange new multiverse” rests in Sonic’s hands. The story is said to be “more than a race to save the universe,” but also “a journey of self-discovery and redemption.”

Over on the big screen, filming of Sonic’s second major movie will begin in March according to Tika Sumpter who’s set to reprise her role in the Sonic The Hedgehog sequel.

Despite a rocky start to Sonic’s feature film debut, which resulted in a complete rework of the movie’s now infamous Sonic character design, the film went on to become the highest-grossing video game film adaptation of all time in North America. In our review, James “Magic” Perkins called it a “smile-inducing 90-minute nostalgia trip that is equally entertaining for kids and adults alike.

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