Canada’s own Keanu Reeves to voice Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3

The post-credits scene for 2022’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 teased Shadow for the third film, but Paramount Pictures has since been mum about who’ll be voicing him.

Shadow is a popular character in Sega’s Sonic video game series, serving as an edgier antihero foil to the colourful blue hedgehog.

In the film, Reeves’ voice will join Parks and Recreation ‘s Ben Schwartz (Sonic), Luther star Idris Elba (Knuckles the Echidna) and Colleen O’Shaughnessy (Tails, reprising her role from the video games), as well as human characters played by James Marsden (Tom), Tika Sumpter (Maddie) and Lebanese-Canadian Lee Majdoub (Agent Stone).

Notably, this will be Reeves’ second video game-related project with Elba following last year’s Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

Footage of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was screened for media last week at CinemaCon, although no trailer has been released for the public yet.

On the gaming side, Sega recently declared 2024 the ‘Year of Shadow,’ which celebrates his role in the threequel, new content in the Sonic Generations remaster and more.