The upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog hybrid spinoff series Knuckles has signed on more notable names to join Idris Elba, who is reprising his movie role to star as the voice of the titular video game critter. The show is due to premiere on Paramount+ later this year. Newly announced cast includes:
- Cary Elwes (Glory, The Princess Bride, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, upcoming Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One; English voice of The Baron in Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart and The Cat Returns)
- Three-time Emmy Award winner Stockard Channing (The West Wing, The Matthew Shepard Story, Practical Magic, Grease; voice of Barbara Gordon in Batman Beyond)
- Christopher Lloyd, also a three-time Emmy winner (The Tender Bar, Eight Men Out, Addams Family & Addams Family Values, Back to the Future trilogy; voice of The Hacker in Cyberchase and The Woodsman in Over the Garden Wall)
- SAG Award winner Paul Scheer (Black Monday, Veep, The Good Place, Curb Your Enthusiasm; voice of Chip Whistler in Big City Greens, Kurt Blitzerian in Big Mouth, Billups in Star Trek: Lower Decks)
- Rob Huebel (Children’s Hospital, Sex Lives of College Girls, upcoming Goosebumps; multiple voices in Bob’s Burgers, American Dad!, Mr. Lizer on Big Mouth)
Knuckles will follow the martial arts master monotreme on a journey of discovery as he takes Wade Whipple (Adam Pally, reprising his Sonic movies role) as his protégé to teach him the ways of the echidna warrior. The action-comedy series is set between the events of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which will open December 20, 2024.
The characters to be played or voiced by the new cast members have not yet been announced.
The show’s recurring cast also features Edi Patterson, Julian Barratt, Scott Mescudi, Ellie Taylor; guest stars include Rory McCann and Tika Sumpter reprising Maddie.
The films’ key creative team reunite for Knuckles: Director Jeff Fowler is helming the pilot, written by Sonic 2 screenwriter John Whittington; Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, Whittington and Toru Nakahara are executive producers, as well as Elba. Additional series directors include Ged Wright, Brandon Trost, Jorma Taccone and Carol Banker; writers include Brian Schacter and James Madejski.
Knuckles is produced by Paramount+, Paramount Pictures and SEGA.
[Source: Deadline]
