Sonic the Hedgehog (film franchise)

Sonic the Hedgehog is an American computer-animated film franchise based on the video game franchise of the same name by Sega. Each film, consisting of Sonic the Hedgehog (2001), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2004) and Sonic the Hedgehog: The Third (2007), are produced by Tom Hanks, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Neal H. Moritz, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Toru Nakahara, Takeshi Ito, Robert Zemeckis, Aron Warner, John H. Williams and Kelly Asbury, directed by Robert Zemeckis, Andrew Adamson, Jeff Fowler and Conrad Vernon, executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Andrew Adamson and Robert Zemeckis based on screenplays by Adamson and Zemeckis.

The films stars the voices of Tom Hanks, Greg Cipes, Freddie Highmore, Barry Bostwick, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Jennifer Saunders, Keaun Reeves, Jack Black, Zach Braff and more. The films are produced by Amblin Entertainment, Play Tone, ImageMovers, Nickelodeon Movies, Games Animation, Inc., Pacific Data Images, Sega and Sonic Team and are distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The first film was produced by Games Anderson, however in 2003, during production on the second film, he died from SARS CoV-1 (Severe acute respitatory syndrome coronavirus 1), and the film was dedicated to him. Sonic the Third was the final film in the Sonic film franchise and was released in 2007.