One shot from the Sonic 3 trailer has fans convinced a major character will die – and we're not talking about Maria
Aug. 28, 2024RIP Donut Lord?
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s trailercertainly delivered on the hype – but it’s also given fans cause for concern over the fate of one major character.
From 1:36, you can see Tom (James Marsden) face down and screaming for Sonic. It may be only 0.5 seconds of footage, but it’s something the community has latched onto.
“They’re SO killing him. He’s [in] the Joel Miller pose,” one fanwrote, referring to the eerily similar parallels to a climactic moment inThe Last of Us Part 2.
“Lowkey hope he does,” one coldlyreplied. “Nothing on the character, but it’d be a good way to show Shadow isn’t playing around. And no fake out death either. Fake out deaths are in every show/movie nowadays, it’s annoying.”
“Well, it wouldn’t be the first time a character he played would die in the 3rd movie,“another said, a nod to James Marsden’s Cyclops being killed off in X-Men: The Last Stand.
So, is it game over for the Donut Lord? Others aren’t as convinced, pointing to the fact that a movie aimed at childrenprobablyisn’t going to kill off their human lead – evenifthe threequel has some darker undertones courtesy of Keanu Reeves' Shadow.
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Ascher said, “It’s going to be this giant, fun, incredible movie that obviously takes a lot from Sonic Adventure 2 and some of the games that I know the core Sonic Team grew up loving.”
For more, check out our picks for thebest Sonic gamesbefore looking ahead to more of the year’s most excitingmovie release dates.
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