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"This just rolled in: Sony and Sega are partnering to develop a Sonic the Hedgehog movie.\nThe feature-length film will be a CG-animated/live-action hybrid, and would pit the irreverent spiny mammal with blazing speed against familiar franchise baddies including Dr. Eggman, the studio announced Tuesday.\nSee also: Original 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Speeds on to Android\nUpright Citizens Brigade LA alumni Evan Susser and Van Robichaux have been hired to pen the script \u2014 this would be their first feature film in production \u2014 under producer Neal H. Moritz (the Fast and Furious franchise). Japanese CG animation production company Marza, a subsidiary of Sega, is also producing.\n\u201CThere are limitless stories to tell with a character like Sonic the Hedgehog, and a built-in international fan base,\" said Columbia Pictures\u2019 production president Hannah Minghella. \"Along with our wonderful creative partners at Marza, we\u2019re looking to capture everything that generations of fans know and love about Sonic while also growing his audience wider than ever before.\"\nWith more than 140 million games sold, Sonic is a $1 billion property that already has a Cartoon Network TV show \u2014 Sonic Boom \u2014 on the way in fall. While a Sonic movie comes with a built-in fanbase, it's too early to tell at this stage whether we'll actually ever get a Sonic movie, or what it might look like.\nThe fact that they're calling it a \"hybrid\" film \u2014 along the lines of Sony's successful Smurfs franchise \u2014 signals that they've got a global theatrical release in mind. It's a risk: video games have historically had a rocky transition to the bigscreen, and though a Sonic movie has more of a straight-to-home-video feel, a hybrid CG/live action project requires a blockbuster budget.\nGodspeed, Sonic.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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