Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is just under a month away, and that means we’re just three weeks away from hearing the voice of Keanu Reeves Shadow the hedgehog. Today Paramount released the second trailer for the film, and we get to see a bit more of Shadow and the returning cast, as well as get a better look at how the film will adapt Shadow’s story Sonic Adventure 2.

While the first trailer of the film hinted that Sonic and Jim Carrey’s Doctor Robotnik would team up against Shadow, the second shows that the villain will be working with Shadow, along with his apparently still-living grandfather Gerald Robotnik (also played by Carrey). Gerald was always an interesting inclusion for an adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2as the Dreamcast platformer’s story takes place entirely after his death. But Carrey seems to be playing him a little sillier than he’s ever seen in most sound mediawhich doesn’t excite me without context. So perhaps this all serves to add some levity to the otherwise dark events in Shadow’s backstory.

Otherwise, the trailer shows that many elements are out Sonic Adventure 2 will appear in the film, including what looks like the Space Colony Ark space station where Shadow was born and his use of the Eclipse Cannon to destroy part of the moon. It also gives him a gun as a callback to his self-titled game, Shadow the hedgehog. I never thought that one day I would experience an officially licensed version sound The thing would give Shadow firearms again. But here we are. It’s the year of the shadow, baby.

Check out the full trailer below:

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will apparently contain a big tease of what’s next for the franchise, and even though the series has used up one of its biggest possible reveals with “Shadow,” there’s still one A lot of territory that the films haven’t covered yet. Fans are hoping that Amy Rose finally makes her live-action debut since she is such an important character to the cast dynamic. Plus, after three entries, we’re still here There are no film versions of the series’ other female charactersincluding Rouge the Bat, so it’s about time one of them showed up. I’m still holding out hope that Rouge might be there secretly Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and that is a Spider-Man: No Way Home Situation where marketing and trailers intentionally leave them out to preserve the surprise for moviegoers. Leave it to me.

Shadow’s appearance in Sonic3 is the last big moment of the Year of the Shadow Campaign Sega ran in 2024 to celebrate the anti-hero. Sega released in October Sonic X Shadow Generations This included an entirely new game starring Shadow, and it’s probably the best 3D game sound Game that Sega has released in over 20 years. It’s a nice redemption story based on Sega made the character dirty in the last two decades. Besides, him didn’t even carry weapons this time.