Tika Sumpter Lands Female Lead In Sonic the Hedgehog Movie
Great news Fandemaniacs! Ride Along star Tika Sumpter is in negotiations to star opposite James Marsden in Paramount’s live-action/animation hybrid movie Sonic the Hedgehog, an adaptation of the classic video game.
The studio landed the film rights in 2017 and tapped Jeff Fowler to direct.
Neal H. Moritz, who recently signed a first-look deal with Paramount, is producing under his Original Film banner. Deadpool director Tim Miller will serve as executive producer, along with Toby Ascher. Dimitri Johnson and Dan Jevons will co-produce.
The Game vs. The Movie
The Sonic game was launched in 1991 and has sold more than 360 million copies to date.
The game features a hedgehog named Sonic on a quest to defeat Doctor Robotnik, a scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and stolen magical Chaos Emeralds.
The movie is set to premiere on Nov. 15, 2019. The film marks the first time that Sonic has ever been adapted for the big screen.
Sumpter, who is coming off the hit OWN and Tyler Perry show “The Haves and the Have Nots,” has started to nab roles on the big screen. Tika Sumpter can next be seen in “The Old Man and the Gun,” and also has a role in Perry’s next mvoie, “The List,” opposite Tiffany Haddish.
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