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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 casts Idris Elba as Knuckles
Knuckles the Echidna is set to make his live-action debut in _Sonic the Hedgehog 2_next year — and now we know who’ll be voicing him: none other than Idris Elba (_Cats_and alsoother movies, apparently). Elba appears to have not yet been completely scared away from showing up in hybrid live-action / animated films with sometimes-questionable CGI.
According to a leaked synopsis for the film, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will actually see Elba’s animated echidna team up with Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik “in search for an emerald that has the power to both build and destroy civilizations.”
Knock, knock....#SonicMovie2#Knucklespic.twitter.com/N1PW5XaCEd
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) August 10, 2021
Elba will join Ben Schwartz, who voiced Sonic in the...