Sonic the Hedgehog has been a beloved video game franchise for more than three decades, but the last several years have seen the super speedy title character achieving cinematic fame as well. Both 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog and 2022’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 performed critically and commercially well, and along with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 coming, there’s also a Knuckles spinoff series being made for Paramount+ subscribers. Now more castings for this show has been announced, with actors like Christopher Lloyd and Cary Elwes set to appear opposite Idris Elba’s version of the red powerhouse.
In addition to the respective alums of Back to the Future and The Princess Bride coming aboard, Deadline reports that Stockard Channing, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel have boarded Knuckles. As noted already, Elba is already set to vocally reprise the title character, who will be training Adam Pally’s Wade, the comical Green Hills deputy sheriff who was present in the first two Sonic the Hedgehog movies. The show’s recurring cast cast members include Edi Patterson, Julian Barratt, Scott Mescudi, Ellie Taylor; and Rory McCann and Tina Sumpter are set as guest stars, with the latter reprising Maddie, the wife of James Marsden’s Tom Wachowski.
