SEGA Live Action Movies Thread - "Of course I want a latte!"

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Keanu Reeves cast as Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie

The news was a rumor earlier today, leaked from discussions held at last week’s Cinemacon, and has since been confirmed by Variety. Keanu Reeves was a long hoped for casting decision by fans, and despite rumors of Hayden Christensen getting the role, it has since been clarified that such casting was only considered AFTER a rumor emerged of Hayden landing the role and Paramount considered it once fan sites ran with the rumor. However, Keanu was the top of the list for Paramount and it seems ...

Article : https://segabits.com/blog/2024/04/15/keanu-reeves-cast-as-shadow-the-hedgehog-in-sonic-the-hedgehog-3-movie-and-yes-that-is-something-i-just-typed/

[Mystic Monkey]

Keanu Reeves cast as Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie



Article : https://segabits.com/blog/2024/04/15/keanu-reeves-cast-as-shadow-the-hedgehog-in-sonic-the-hedgehog-3-movie-and-yes-that-is-something-i-just-typed/

Well, the two have a lot in common.

Both have dark and edgy taste in fashion (Neo and John Wick)
Both are gun specialists (weapons training downloaded into Neo while John Wick was an assassin.)
Both lost someone precious to them that motivated their revenge (Daisy)
Both are immortal (https://www.keanuisimmortal.com/)

Plus, if you recall in the first Sonic movie, one of the movies Tom and Maddie watched for movie night was Speed starring Keanu Reeves... Would you call that "foreSHADOWing"?