Sonic the Hedgehog Fan Film? Yes Please!

Eddie Lebron, director of the amazing MegaMan fanfilm from last year, has recently announced his next major project: Sonic the Hedgehog!

"Sonic" is a non-profit 10-20 minute short fan film based on the "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game franchise that will be available free to download and watch. This short film will implement various elements of the Sonic mythology ranging from the cartoons, comics, and, most importantly, the video games. The film will be a live action piece mainly focusing on the first 3 SEGA Genesis games of the series; in terms of tone, action, and plot. The film will be shot over the course of Fall/Winter 2010 with selective days in early 2011. The shoot will be a 6 day venture at various locations in various conditions. The 5 day shoot will also include special effects photography and aerial filming. There is no formal release date but we hope to have the final product premiere at the 2011 ScrewAttack Gaming Convention and to go online shortly after; however this is not a promise or a guarantee. The film's release will be announced upon completion of the film.

The character of "Sonic the Hedgehog" will be a complete CGI character and the film will be a hybrid of both live action and completely computer generated environments and action sequences. Various familiar enemies from the franchise will be featured and the CGI Sonic has been designed to be as faithful to his original design as possible while adding subtle touches to make the character more detailed.

And who will be playing the titular character? The answer may surprise you...

As of early October, we have officially signed Jaleel White to voice to do the voice of the titular character, "Sonic the Hedgehog". Jaleel White first entered the public eye as Steve Urkel in the TV sitcom. "Family Matters" and since then, he has been in various feature films and has also entered voice acting. One of his most popular voice acting roles was as Sonic the Hedgehog in various cartoon adaptations. He is widely known by fans as THE voice of Sonic; as we do. Thus, we want Jaleel's involvement on this.

Jaleel White reprising his role as Sonic?! Here's hoping he'll down some chili dogs at some point in the film.

 

via Official Site