Kristen Bell Joins Sonic the Hedgehog 4 as Amy Rose

The Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise has yet landed connected its Amy Rose, and it's a heck of a choice. Kristen Bell has been confirmed to dependable the pinkish hedgehog pal (and imaginable emotion interest) for Sonic the Hedgehog 4, arsenic reported by THR.

We've known that Amy Rose was coming to Sonic's satellite since the extremity of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, erstwhile a mid-credits country revealed some Metal Sonic and Sonic's ally, Amy Rose, arriving to prevention him with a monolithic hammer successful tow.

But it's been implicit a twelvemonth since that reveal, and it's lone conscionable present that we're learning who's destined to lend their dependable to arguably the past remaining super-famous Sonic companion to articulation the team. Ben Schwartz has been voicing the bluish blur since the archetypal movie, with Jim Carrey arsenic Dr. Robotnik, and Colleen O'Shaughnessey reprising her video crippled relation arsenic Tails. Idris Elba joined the radical successful Sonic the Hedgehog 2 arsenic Knuckles, and Keanu Reeves stepped successful arsenic Shadow the Hedgehog successful the 3rd movie. It remains unclear who volition beryllium voicing Metal Sonic (if anyone – Metal Sonic notoriously doesn't truly talk successful astir appearances). And we besides don't cognize if different fan-favorite Sonic characters (Blaze? Silver? Cream and Cheese? Big the Cat?) volition amusement up.

As for Bell, you've astir surely seen oregon heard her successful thing before. She's possibly champion known arsenic the dependable of Anna successful the Frozen films, but has besides starred successful TV bid specified arsenic The Good Place, Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars, and Nobody Wants This, arsenic good arsenic films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Couples Retreat. She's appeared successful a fewer video games too, including arsenic the dependable and likeness of Lucy successful Assassin's Creed 1, 2, and Brotherhood, and, of course, arsenic Anna successful the Disney Infinity games and Kingdom Hearts 3.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is presently expected to zip into theaters connected March 19, 2027. There's a spin-off movie coming arsenic good successful 2028, and fans are speculating that it volition prima Shadow the Hedgehog.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].

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