Sonic the Hedgehog (2007 film)

Sonic the Hedgehog (released as Sonic Adventure: The Movie in some countries) is a 2004 American adventure comedy film directed by Michael Bay and written by James Cameron and Jon Favreau. Based on the video game franchise published by Sega, it is the first installment in the original Sonic the Hedgehog film series. The film’s voice acting cast includes Joe Thomas, Karen Bernstein, Dwayne Johnson, Kathryn Newton, Elera Distler, Jim Carrey, Tyler Perry, and Ron Perlman. Film follows a blue hedgehog named Sonic the Hedgehog, and his friends, Miles “Tails” Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, E-102 Gamma, and Tikal to stop the evil Dr. Robotnik and the water god, Chaos.

Universal bought the film rights to the game in November 1999 for a reported £1 million ($1.65 million). Production began in 2001, with Taika Waititi being chosen to create the film from a shortlist of producers that included Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall. After Universal put the project in turnaround, Warner Bros. acquired it in December. Exercising its option on just two elements from the multi-script acquisition (a different screenplay was written by James Cameron, Ted Newsom, John Brancato, Barney Cohen, and Joseph Goldman, Warner Bros. hired Koepp to create a working screenplay (credited as Cameron's), and Koepp received sole credit in final billing. Directors Tim Burton, Roland Emmerich, Ang Lee, Chris Columbus, Jan de Bont, M. Night Shyamalan, Tony Scott, and David Fincher were considered to direct the project before Waititi was hired as director in 2002. The Koepp script was rewritten by Scott Rosenberg during pre-production and received a dialogue polish from Alvin Sargent during production. The majority of the cast signed on that year, and principal filming took place between February and July 2003 in Los Angeles. Industrial Light & Magic handled the motion-capture characters.

It premiered in Tokyo on November 20, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 17. The film was highly acclaimed by both critics and audiences, who considered it to be a landmark in filmmaking and an achievement in the fantasy film genre. It grossed $770 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of all time behind The Incredibles.

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