Knuckles Series Executive Producer Details Plans to Expand the Sonic Cinematic Universe

Knuckles series executive producer Toby Ascher has detailed in a new interview how the team at Paramount plan to expand the Sonic cinematic universe. Following the success of the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie, the producers made the decision to look further into expanding other Sonic characters starting with Knuckles receiving his own series. Knuckles previously debuted in the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie with the marketing for the movie largely focused around the rivalry between Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 became a box-office success, ultimately leading to the producers looking to expand further.

We got really excited about the idea of expanding our characters in our world into television, specifically, because it gives us a platform to really do character studies. We knew that, with Shadow coming into Sonic 3 and some of the bigger things that we want to do, the Sonic franchise on the movie side is going to be these Avengers-level events.

First and foremost, the goal going into the series was: how do we replicate the movie quality in a much more condensed timeline? We knew that if, all of a sudden, this looked like a rip-off series or something that was really shoddily put together, not only will fans reject it, but it’ll damage what we’ve made.

If something is working really successfully, and we have a really great story to tell, we’re definitely going to expand on it. I don’t think there’s any closed doors on future television, future seasons of Knuckles, so everything is wide open. I think it’s important to us that we’re not just making stuff to make stuff.

Knuckles series executive producer Toby Ascher has detailed plans to expand the Sonic cinematic universe.

Six episodes of Knuckles will premiere April 26, 2024 exclusive to Paramount Plus. Idris Elba will return to voice Knuckles in the series with Ben Schwartz returning as Sonic the Hedgehog and Colleen O’Shaughnessey returning as Tails.

You can find the full interview at Paste Magazine.