Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game franchise produced by Sega centering on a series of high-speed platform games. Sonic, the protagonist, is an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog with supersonic speed. Typically, Sonic must stop antagonist Doctor Eggman's plans for world domination, often helped by his friends, such as Tails, Amy, and Knuckles. The first "Sonic the Hedgehog" game, released in 1991, was conceived by Sega's Sonic Team division after Sega requested a mascot character to compete with Nintendo's mascot Mario. Its success spawned many sequels and helped Sega become one of the leading video game companies during
Sonic the Hedgehog a treatment to Sega titled "Sonic the Hedgehog: Wonders of the World". The treatment saw Sonic and his nemesis Dr Robotnik escaping from "Sonic X-treme" into the real world; Sonic would team up with a boy to stop Robotnik. The film was cancelled as none of the companies could come to an agreement. Jeffries, with permission from Sega, pitched his treatment to DreamWorks, but was rejected. On June 10, 2014, Sony Pictures originally announced a new live-action/CGI hybrid film based on the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series. It is being produced by Neal Moritz on his Original Film banner alongside Takeshi