Keanu Reeves set for 'Sonic the Hedgehog' 3 as the voice of ...

Keanu Reeves has joined the voice cast for the upcoming video game franchise adaptation at Paramount Pictures, ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Reeves is said to be voicing the character of Shadow.

Paramount recently showcased footage at CinemaCon featuring Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik in the upcoming movie. The footage portrayed Dr. Robotnik as depressed and out of shape due to the events that took place in the 2nd movie. However, he managed to regain his confidence by creating Shadow the Hedgehog, which was first introduced in the video game ‘Sonic Adventure 2’ in 2001. Shadow is a character that acts as the opposite of Sonic – he has a dark and edgy personality while sharing many of the hero’s powers.

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Jeff Fowler directed all three Sonic movies, with Ben Schwartz voicing Sonic and James Marsden playing Tom Wachowski, Sonic’s human friend.

Reeves upcoming roles include featuring in Aziz Ansari’s ‘Good Fortune’, in which he plays a guardian angel, and has a small part as the popular assassin in ‘John Wick Presents: Ballerina,’ a spinoff starring Ana De Armas.