BlueCoreStudio's Sonic The Hedgehog(Fan Film)
 

Sonic fans, rejoice!!! Everyone's favorite Speed Demon is getting the Live Action/ CGI treatment by none other than Eddie Lebron, the man who created the hit fan film, Mega Man. But that's not all! The voice of Sonic has been announced, and it's none other than... JALEEL WHITE!!! That's right, the guy who voiced Sonic in the hit 90's cartoon Sonic SATAM returns to voice in the new film! :D The film is suppose to be based off the early STH games and have a dark tone similar to SATAM.

Here's an early teaser trailer, which features a more detailed Sonic compared to the one in the games:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB6oUnS-MFQ

Here's a newer model of Sonic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JEy0...eature=related

And finally, here's the official site for the fan film:

http://www.sonicfanfilm.com/

I will continue to post updates on the film. Here's the facebook page for the film: http://www.facebook.com/sonicfanfilm

I've been following this on and off for a while now. I'm hoping that it turns out to be decent enough.

Alright some news! Acording to Lebron, the film is set to premire this May. A new and final trailer is going to appear in April.

I am absolutely shocked Jaleel is involved! He sounds so much different than he did in the 90s!

Surprisingly, this is the first I've heard of this!

When I first saw the Sonic model in the early trailer, I thought he had a bit of the "Sonic the Werehog" resemblance. I'm glad they made him bluer. I'm still gonna have to get used to the "fuzzy"-ness though.

Knowing Sega these days, I'm surprised they haven't already tried to shut this down though. Anybody remember the fiasco that followed the release of the Streets of Rage (SorR) fan-project?

It sounds vaguely familiar. Care to fill me in?

To cut a long story short, someone made a free "requel" (remake and a sequel of sorts) of Streets of Rage, it could be ported over and played on things like PC and X-Box. Sega caight wind of it's momentum and banhammered it.

Interesting.....

I just thought I would share some details with you guys:

1) The movie will act as a prequel to the first STH video game from 1991.
2) Sonic's allies like Tails and Knuckles will not appear in the film since this takes place before Sonic meets them.
3)Eggman's robots from the early Sonic games will return as CGI characters.
4) The millitary group G.U.N. will be in the film also.
5) The film will have CGI backgrounds that will also include Green Hill Zone.
6) The Egg Carrier will also be in the film.

And no money was ever involved in the SorR project, as far as I know.

There is clearly some money changing hands on this Sonic film project, even if it is only in the form of "donations."

I wish em all the best though, in spite of the potential legal spin dash from Sega.

Just thought I share some concept art from the movie: http://sonicfanfilm.com/blog/?more=10

Somebody tell the band to cue up "I am the Eggman!"



The dialogue in this trailer is pretty terrible, IMO, but the voice acting is pretty good!

Here's a two part interview with the director,Eddie Lebron:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATFCw...layer_embedded

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pA3e...eature=related

This page from the official site not only shows the new Sonic model, but concept art for Eggman's robots Motor Bug & Buzz Bomber: http://sonicfanfilm.com/blog/?more=34

Also, here's a post-production Blog for the film that was released last month,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox5ul...GyECOsbJfAPGV1

Check out this way past cool poster for the film:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/Pitch/002.jpg

I am looking forward to this! So far, it looks really promising!:tgrin:

Since this is a prequel, I hope they refer to aspects of the Fleetway comics origin (Robotniks' dialouge referring to himself as once being a "kinder man" could be a hint we'll see him as Kintobor), but yeah, it does seem like there going in a fresh direction with it.

I didn't care for their Megaman film, but I still gave it a shot. I'll humor this too. Seems more promising, at least.

Never really gave much thought to that before, but that's an interesting observation. I like the Fleetway comics, so I wouldn't be against them using that material.

If I recall, that was actually the "official" origin story provided by Sega of America in 1991. There was a 16-page comic that appeared in gaming magazines that detailed Sonic's evolution as brown fully-quilled assistant of Dr. Kintobar to the righteously stylish blue blur of the first Genesis game.

Perhaps Fleetway just adapted the story into their continuity?

http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the...ional_comic%29

Very interesting. I wouldn't mind if a flashback of this event was in the movie. Anyway, here's this other poster I found for the movie:

http://sonicfanfilm.com/images/sonic...c_homepage.jpg

"Kintobor" as a name was the West's original name for Robotnik.

Fleetway: Ovi Kintobor, benevolent scientist.

Sonic AM cartoon/ Archie: Warlord Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo.

The depictions differed greatly, but the name was kept.

So it is Jaleel. I thought it was just a sound alike. Was he still a teen when voicing Sonic for the animated series?

So was the "Kintobar" mantra just a pseudonym used by "the good doctor" in the Fleetway series?

It started to get complicated when grandpa "Gerald Robotnik" was introduced in Sonic Adventure 2.
The later games wouldn't have been relevant to the Satam toon; I didn't follow the Archie comics long enough to see if they ever recognized the Kintobar legacy.

Yep, he started to voice him in 1993, back when the show Family Matters was in its second season. He was 17 years old.

Well, that explains the voice difference...Puberty. :P

Jaleel was born in 1976, so he would have been around 17 when he did the Sonic recordings.

He's still the voice I most associate with Sonic the Hedgehog. I go into fan-boy mode everything I see Jaleel on TV shows nowadays.

Oops, my bad. Got it from a bad source.:toops:

Still, I agree. He was one of the best VA for Sonic.

Heck I's still holding out hope for a Family Matters spin off that follows Laura and (a slightly more mature, normal voiced) Steve and their kids. I mean 90's nostalgia is huge...TV Land should get on it. :P

I don't recognize the last season as "canon" on account of the recasting of Harriet. So... maybe Steve and Laura ended up together... and maybe they didn't.

Ya know, their relationship was almost like Sonic & Amy Rose... very much a one-sided infatuation, but a mutual friendship and respect for each other... in spite of being annoyed out of their minds 90% of the time.

Technically they didn't anyway, because the wedding never happened even with the recast Harriet.

Gotta say though, she did have good reason for leaving the show...

So, now that most of us have seen Sonic's new character model, what is everyone's opinions?

The difference is, SoRR was in development, with Sega's knowledge and some sort of quasi-consent, for eight years. It released, and was kicked to the curb by Sega's suits.

Not to try and defend Sega, but Nintendo did something similar with the "Super Mario Bros. X" fan project, although I don't think the situation was quite as devious as the SoRR fiasco. Apparently, when fans make something too awesome, the game companies get jealous and threaten legal action to get their toys back and take them home.

Looks like Sonic, could be a bit brighter.

(What was Super Mario Bros. X? Anything like Super Mario Crossover?)

Not quite, it was a sprite-based four-player-co-op Mario platformer that integrated elements from most of the best Mario games.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/super-m...-game-windows/

It did feature some guest stars from other Nintendo games, however. And a level editor program.



Nintendo got the official site shut down soon after its release last year, so now the game is only downloadable from shady sites that will probably sneak some spyware onto your computer.

Here's a new video which is from this month, a Q&A with Eddie Lebron about the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Fc046tZgVPo

That's cool that it looks like he's in the legal clear.

But that Sonic 1 Special Stage music playing in the background hypnotizes me!

There's also "that" ending in the first season of the Japanese Sonic X...let's just say I prefer the French version of that...:trazz:

Here's some more early concept art from the movie:
http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W...ey-d37k825.jpg


http://jaleelwhite.com/wp-content/up...nic-poster.jpg

For Fleetway, Kintobor was his original name but he changed it when he accidentally got irradiated with Chaos energy.

In regards to Archie, Robotnik was the original family name, but after the incident with Gerald, the family changed it to Kintobor. Once Julian overthrew Mobius, he reverted back to the original family name.

Obviously, the toon never got around to addressing the discrepancy, but I think it's safe to use Archie's explanation for this particular canon.

New video from the Unofficial Sonic Fan Film Channel on youtube. It mentions an interview with Lebron was suppose to be on March 10, but it will be delayed next week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WiFv...1&feature=plcp

I will be posting a link to this new interview when it comes out.