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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a 2022 action-adventure comedy film based on the video game series published by Sega. The sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), it was directed by Jeff Fowler from a screenplay by Pat Casey, Josh Miller, and John Whittington, based on a story by Casey and Miller. Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, and Jim Carrey reprise their roles, with Idris Elba joining the cast. In the film, Sonic and Tails must find the Master Emerald before their nemesis Dr. Robotnik (Eggman) and his partner Knuckles the Echidna.
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Starting in March 2025, Sega and DC will release one issue a month of a special series combining the two franchises.
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- ↑ Sugarbaker, Allan (24 September 2001). "Interviews: James Wallis". OgreCave.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
I teamed up with Carl Sargent and Marc Gascoigne to produce four more Sonic books, novels this time, for Virgin Publishing, under the pseudonym of 'Martin Adams'.
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