Keanu Reeves Was Dedicated To Researching Shadow For Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Later this yr, Keanu Reeves will voice Shadow for the upcoming film, Sonic the Hedgehog 3. This is not Reeves’ first brush with gaming, as he beforehand lent his voice and likeness to Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077. However earlier than he took on Shadow, Reeves did his analysis concerning the position, in line with Sonic 3 director Jeff Fowler.

«[Reeves] actually needed to create a really fan trustworthy model of the character,» stated Fowler throughout his look on Sonic x Shadow Revolution’s Twitch stream. «He did analysis. In our first assembly, he very clearly had gone and finished his homework, which was superior. I can not say sufficient great issues about Keanu and what he dropped at the character and the expertise of constructing this film. I believe individuals are going to essentially, actually love his model of Shadow.»

«He thinks the character is superior and he undoubtedly understood what we had been going for and he was very excited to do his model of it,» added Fowler. «Like all of the solid, [he] actually needs to get it proper and actually cares… He would give us so many various variations of line readings and simply need to preserve going. It was not form of displaying up and studying the script right into a microphone.»

Sega will need to have loved Reeves’ tackle Shadow, since he’ll even be voicing the character in the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Pack DLC for Sonic x Shadow Generations. That DLC will arrive on December 12, with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 following on December 20. Moreover, Reeves’ voice and likeness can be in Prime Video’s Secret Level through the Armored Core episode. That animated anthology will premiere on Prime Video on December 10.

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