Development was underway by March 2019,[11][12] and that month Sega opened a fan survey to help determine the series' "next steps".[13] Morio Kishimoto, director of Sonic Colors (2010), Lost World (2013), and Forces, returns to direct Frontiers,[7] while Sachiko Kawamura is producing.[5] Ian Flynn, who wrote Sonic the Hedgehog comics published by Archie Comics and IDW Publishing and episodes of the Sonic Boom TV series, is writing the script.[2][1]