Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Movie Teaser Image Offers First Look at Amy’s Hammer

The archetypal teaser representation for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is retired now, released to coincide with the commencement of production.

Director Jeff Fowler, who has led each the Sonic movies truthful far, tweeted the image, below, adding that Sonic 4 was present filming up of its March 2027 merchandise date.

Ready 4 Action 🎬#SonicMovie4 present filming.
In Theaters Worldwide March 2027 pic.twitter.com/6HK5Q804rj

In the image, Fowler is holding Amy’s hammer. Is it a existent prop arsenic opposed to CGI only? Does this mean a quality quality volition extremity up utilizing it astatine immoderate point? Will Sonic 4 reply the age-old question of wherever Amy really keeps her hammer? We person a batch of questions.

Last month, it was confirmed that Kristen Bell voices Amy Rose, Sonic's pinkish hedgehog pal (and imaginable emotion interest). We've known that Amy was coming to Sonic's satellite since the extremity of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, erstwhile a mid-credits country revealed some Metal Sonic and Sonic's ally, Amy Rose, arriving to prevention him with a monolithic hammer successful tow.

Ben Schwartz has voiced the Blue Blur since the archetypal movie, with Jim Carrey arsenic Dr. Robotnik, and Colleen O'Shaughnessey reprising her video crippled relation arsenic Tails. Idris Elba joined the radical successful Sonic the Hedgehog 2 arsenic Knuckles, and Keanu Reeves stepped successful arsenic Shadow the Hedgehog successful the 3rd movie. It remains unclear who volition dependable Metal Sonic (if anyone, arsenic Metal Sonic notoriously doesn't truly talk successful astir appearances). And we besides don't cognize if different fan-favorite Sonic characters (Blaze? Silver? Cream and Cheese? Big the Cat?) volition amusement up.

As for Bell, she's possibly champion known arsenic the dependable of Anna successful the Frozen films, but has besides starred successful TV bid specified arsenic The Good Place, Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars, and Nobody Wants This, arsenic good arsenic films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Couples Retreat. She's appeared successful a fewer video games too, including arsenic the dependable and likeness of Lucy successful Assassin's Creed 1, 2, and Brotherhood, and, of course, arsenic Anna successful the Disney Infinity games and Kingdom Hearts 3.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is presently expected to zip into theaters connected March 19, 2027. There's a spin-off movie coming arsenic good successful 2028, and fans are speculating that it volition prima Shadow the Hedgehog.

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