First Sonic 3 Trailer Shown By Paramount Behind Closed Doors At Cinemacon

Incredibly antsy to see a trailer now, but I have no idea when we'll get one; that being said, fatbotnik being back is pleasantly surprising. 

fat eggman is all I need.

The most interesting thing here is that here, in Cinemacon of all places, Shadow's casting has not been announced still. This means one of two things.

One, the movie is still so early into post-production, they still haven't nailed a celebrity for the voice role.

Two, this is going to be a game actor reprising his role. Cinemacon is for primarily for investors and cinema chain owners to get invested in a studio's current slate. And they want celebs, celebs, celebs to bring the moviegoers in. By all accounts, if Paramount had a celeb locked, they surely would have announced it here. If Shadow DOES have a voice, it might be an actor investors and cinema owners wouldn't care about: AKA a game actor.

Now we actually have a giant talking egg this time around! Carrey's wish came true too!!!!

Finally, eggman is eggman. 

YES! JIM CARREY IS OFFICIALLY... an egg?

41 minutes ago, Failinhearts said:

If Shadow DOES have a voice, it might be an actor investors and cinema owners wouldn't care about: AKA a game actor.

please not kirk please not kirk please not kirk please not kirk please not kirk ple

48 minutes ago, Failinhearts said:

The most interesting thing here is that here, in Cinemacon of all places, Shadow's casting has not been announced still. This means one of two things.

One, the movie is still so early into post-production, they still haven't nailed a celebrity for the voice role.

Two, this is going to be a game actor reprising his role. Cinemacon is for primarily for investors and cinema chain owners to get invested in a studio's current slate. And they want celebs, celebs, celebs to bring the moviegoers in. By all accounts, if Paramount had a celeb locked, they surely would have announced it here. If Shadow DOES have a voice, it might be an actor investors and cinema owners wouldn't care about: AKA a game actor.

I sincerely hope you're right - it would be awesome if they got Humphrey or Griffith back. I'd be happy with the Sonic Prime guy, too.

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Someone is quoted as saying "we found him."

Yeah, fat Eggman!

1 hour ago, Failinhearts said:

The most interesting thing here is that here, in Cinemacon of all places, Shadow's casting has not been announced still. This means one of two things

 

Or 3: they have someone and don't want to tell you yet.

Why do I have this feeling...

Well, Shadow was riding a motorcycle in the trailer, right? Why do I feel that motorcycle may have been the one that appeared in the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas?

Just a thought.

EDIT: I speak of this, by the way.

3 minutes ago, Shiny Gems said:

Why do I have this feeling...

Well, Shadow was riding a motorcycle in the trailer, right? Why do I feel that motorcycle may have been the one that appeared in the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas?

Just a thought.

EDIT: I speak of this, by the way.

Yay! Moto fight!

27 minutes ago, chassless said:

Or 3: they have someone and don't want to tell you yet.

Potentially, but it's weird to hold back crucial casting if it IS a celebrity to the cinema chain owners. The whole point of Cinemacon is to convince them to pick up and show your movie at their chains.

And with celebrities being showcased left and right at Paramount's panel for other movies, Shadow's absence seems strange. Especially compared to the lineup announced for the Smurfs movie and Transformers One, which was also showcased at the same panel today.

The transformation is complete...

Here's a thought.

Since Sonic 3 is not far from release, and we still don't know who will be voicing Shadow in this...

...is it possible that Shadow could be MUTE here?!

8 minutes ago, MGA_Gamer said:

Here's a thought.

Since Sonic 3 is not far from release, and we still don't know who will be voicing Shadow in this...

...is it possible that Shadow could be MUTE here?!

No.

Only classic characters are considered mute. It also would make no sense for them to mute Shadow, since he never was mute at all. They know that this would outrage the fans, we all know how that went when the first trailer of movie 1 dropped.. :D

1 minute ago, FReaK said:

No.

Only classic characters are considered mute. It also would make no sense for them to mute Shadow, since he never was mute at all. They know that this would outrage the fans, we all know how that went when the first trailer of movie 1 dropped.. :D

I do agree, but if it means anything, didn’t Classic Tails and Classic Eggman speak in Sonic Generations? Every other game, they are mute, but still…

1 minute ago, Shiny Gems said:

I do agree, but if it means anything, didn’t Classic Tails and Classic Eggman speak in Sonic Generations? Every other game, they are mute, but still…

...that's true, I forgot about that.

3 hours ago, Failinhearts said:

The most interesting thing here is that here, in Cinemacon of all places, Shadow's casting has not been announced still. This means one of two things.

One, the movie is still so early into post-production, they still haven't nailed a celebrity for the voice role.

Two, this is going to be a game actor reprising his role. Cinemacon is for primarily for investors and cinema chain owners to get invested in a studio's current slate. And they want celebs, celebs, celebs to bring the moviegoers in. By all accounts, if Paramount had a celeb locked, they surely would have announced it here. If Shadow DOES have a voice, it might be an actor investors and cinema owners wouldn't care about: AKA a game actor.

Jason Griffith or bust.

In all seriousness, they obviously want a bigger, more recognized name to voice Shadow. For a character that generates as much hype as Shadow has done, it makes perfect sense to do so. Instead of falling back on previous VA's.

But bring in the current game VA for Tails, who did wind up doing Tails in both the films & Knuckles show. And I don't think the marketing made a big deal about it like Knuckles for the 2nd film. But it shows that they aren't leaving the game cast out of the question.

And while I'd love for Jason Griffith to return as Shadow, cuz he's still the best Shadow VA in my opinion. But a lot of people would agree on that. Don't know where Jeff Fowler stands on that topic, but he did work on Shadow's game where Jason started voicing the character in the games, soo...

I don't know. They impressed me with Knuckles' VA, so I'm hoping they can do the same for Shadow, whoever they get.

As for Amy or Rouge, I could easily see them getting a game VA back for them no issue. Cuz they'd kinda be secondary like Tails was in Movie 2. Hence why Coleen reprised her role of Tails, and Knuckles got a much bigger name attached to him.

1 minute ago, FReaK said:

...that's true, I forgot about that.

Eh, that probably can’t matter too much, anyway, since that was a celebration game that included both modern and classic Sonic.

Fat Eggman and not a single mention of Donut Lord and wife. Peak.

Please say he has the Beatles I am the walrus playing in the background in his lab. Please.

Well, anyway, I don't think Shadow will be mute. I do think he will speak.

How else are we going to hear the words "Chaos Control!" come out of his mouth?

I wanna see the trailer dang it!