Sonic X: Life With Shadow

Shadow the Hedgehog is an upcoming 2012 3D animated film featuring the voice of Roger Craig Smith. As the sixth film, it was a spin-off from Sonic X: The Final Stand to the Sonic X film series, though the planned sequels will not be followed by this film. Originally going to be a pequel to the franchise, but the plan has been change to include characters from the original franchise, but only in recurring characters.

The film will force on the life of Shadow the Hedgehog. He went back in time where he decides to met with Maria Robotnik and his friends once again. The film was released in theaters on June 29, 2012 by 20th Century Fox and to include a 3D and IMAX 3D release. New characters will be voiced by Cody Simpson, Joe Jonas and Rebecca Black. This will mark the film debut for Simpson and Black. Shadow the Hedgehog was confirmed to be a reboot to the 2005 television film, Shadow the Hedgehog Project.

Plot
While his friends are sucpeciously celebrating his birthday, Shadow was attacked by a creature that has taken him back in time to the day that he was born: 50 years ago to the Space Colony Ark meeting Dr. Generald Robotnik, Eggman's father, Maria Robotnik, hisa niece. Shadow also met his former friends Duncan, Muscles and Bailey. Dr. Robotnik tell him lies that he does not exist, but his friends told that he does exist after he created him. Meanwhile back in the present, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are managing to go back in time and rescue Shadow. Once they headed back in time 50 years ago, Dr. Robotnik kidnaps Shadow by taking him medicine to make him lose a memory for remembering his friends from the future and his friends from the past.

As Sonic, Tails and Knuckles successefully headed back in time, they are too late to rescue Shadow. Shadow does not remember them. Not only that he doesn't remember them but he was ordered by Dr. Robotnik to attack them. Maria has gotten the medicine to restore Shadow's memory. After breaking up a fight between Shadow and Sonic, Maria has successfully given the medicine to Shadow making him remember and restore goodness.

After rescuing Shadow, it lead to a final battle as Shadow's friends from the past and Amy, Rouge and sucpeciously Dr. Eggman joined him. As the final battle ended, the Space Colony Ark is about to explode. Shadow and all of his friends traveled back in time. But asks Maria to join him in the future, and she agrees. Dr. Robotnik grabs Shadow's leg taken him to the present. His friends and Maria than joined Sonic and the gang celebrating Shadow's birthday. As Maria only wants to be friends with Shadow, he successfully kissed Bailey as the celebrate the party together while Dr. Eggman arrested Dr. Generald Robotnik.

Main

 * Kirk Thornton as Shadow the Hedehog
 * Lisa Ortiz as Maria Robotnik
 * Mike Pollock as Dr. General Robotnik
 * Cody Simpson as Duncan the Fox
 * Joe Jonas as Muscles the Echidna
 * Rebecca Black as Bailey the Cat

Recurring

 * Roger Craig Smith as Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Kate Higgins as Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Kent Hampton as Knuckles the Echidna
 * Cindy Robinson as Amy Rose
 * Karen Strassman as Rouge the Bat
 * Mike Pollock as Dr. Eggman
 * Keith Silverstein as Vector the Crocodile
 * Troy Baker as Espio the Chamelon
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Charmy Bee
 * Quinton Flynn as Silver the Hedgehog
 * Laura Bailey as Blaze the Cat

Development
Sega has the rights to make a couple of Sonic the Hedgehog films to the big screen. Before Sonic X: The Final Stand was released in theaters, Sega plans for the sixth film to be a prequel forcing on character Shadow the Hedgehog and following the absences of Sonic the Hedgehog and the rest of the characters such as Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Rouge the Bat, Cream the Rabbit, Dr. Eggman and more.

Instead of 20th Century Fox, it will be distributed by Warner Bros. On March 1, 2011, the film announced it's title is Shadow the Hedgehog: The Movie, and will be followed by two more films, marking this film the first of the trilogy. Fox later decided to take over this project because they felt like that another film of a franchise belongs to them besides others.

The film's production budget has been cut lower. It will cost $130 million to produce, making it $115 million lower than Sonic X: The Final Stand's $245 million production budget, which was the franchise's most expensive film to date, to help avoid for not making in as much money as its production budget at the box office. Fox will also aim for the sequels to have smaller budgets than the Sonic X films.

Casting
Even though they are not appearing into the film, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and the rest will be appearing in a cameo where it will luckly to be taking place after 50 years after he was born. The cast members from Sonic X: The Final Stand will reprise their roles as well as a planned sixth Sonic X film. Isla Fisher is originally going ot voice as Bailey Rose, Shadow's love interest, but was taken over by Amy Adams for the role. Adams dropped out to start filming a Superman reboot. Viral singer Rebecca Black makes her acting debut to play as Bailey to be described annoying. Black is said that Bailey is Shadow's love interet.

Lisa Ortiz, who voiced Amy Rose from 2005-2010, will be replacing Bella Hudson for the role of Maria Robotnik, who voiced the character from 2005's video game Shadow the Hedgehog. David Wills will reprise his role as Raven Radix, Sonic's previous nemesis. Joe Jonas will voice the identical Knuckles the Echidna, Muscles the Hedgehog. The film will mark as the acting debut of Cody Simpson and Rebecca Black. As Black decided to take a brief break from her music career, she decided sign up and star into the film as a new love interest with an annoying voice.

Roger Craig Smith, Kate Higgins, Kent Hampton, Cindy Robinson, Karen Strassman, Mike Pollock and Michelle Ruff will reprise their roles as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Rouge, Eggman and Cream.

Soundtrack
Shadow the Hedgehog is a soundtrack album for the 2012 movie with the same title. The album contains seven songs, six directly from the game and one remix. The soundtrack was released on June 26, 2012.

Release
20th Century Fox will release the film's trailer on October 28, 2011, for a due date on May 11, 2012. Although, its release date was pushed back to the Laor Day weekend of August 31, 2012 worldwide. Although after G.I. Joe: Retaliation bumped its release date from June 2012 to March 2013, the film moved up to the film's original release date to June 29, 2012. The film's world premiere was held on June 21, 2012, a week before the release of the film in Los Angeles, California. Also, Rebecca Black attended the film's premiere while celebrating her 15th birthday as well as Joe Jonas and Cody Simpson. The 1st TV spot was released on May 25, 2012, a month before the film's release.

The film received a 12A rating in the UK for violence and language, the first film in the theatrcal Sonic the Hedgehog that received a rating for older audience. Although in the US, it receieved a PG rating. McFareland states that the film could have instead received a PG-13 rating because it does have guns in it, and was too scary for children and has adult language in it. Although Fox says a PG rating is enough and young children has experience on seening the film even though they are a few bad languages in the film. It the film does receieved a PG-13 rating, it would have been the first film in the Sonic theatrical film series to receieved a rating for older audiences.

Shadow the Hedgehog will be released in 4,158 theaters, 3,000 3D theaters and 295 IMAX theasters nationwide starting on June 29, 2012.

Reaction
Shadow the Hedgehog currently receieved positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes scored the film a 80%. Metacritics gave an average score of 80/100 based on 47 views, giving it a positive review. The film also had mixed reviews on the "Top Critic" scoring 100% based on 200 reviews, with average score of 5.8 out of 10.

Box office
As of August 20, 2012, Shadow the Hedgehog earned $281,296,868 so far in North America. With $505,000,000, the film grossed a total of $786,296,868 worldwide.

Shadow the Hedgehog had an impressive midnight opening gross with $9.5 million, making it the fourth biggest midnight gross for an animated film behind Sonic X: The Final Stand ($19.7 million), Family Guy: The Movie ($12.5 million) and Sonic X: Return to Soleanna ($11.4 million). Throughout the day, the film made a massive $32.5 million in post-midnight showings, bringing its total to $42 million in its opening day. It was the third biggest single day gross for an animated film behind only Family Guy: The Movie ($58 million) and Sonic X: The Final Stand ($53 million).

During its opening weekend, Shadow the Hedgehog made $113 million. It made the pic the fourth best opening for an animated movie behind Family Guy: The Movie ($141.1 million) and Sonic X: The Final Stand ($124.7 million), Shrek the Third ($122 million), and a new record as the biggest opening for a film released in June surprising Toy Story 3 ($110.3 million). It was also the 5th biggest 2012 openings ever behind The Avengers ($207.4 million), The Dark Knight Rises ($160.9 million) and The Hunger Games ($152.5 million) and Family Guy: The Movie ($141.5 million), and was the 4th film of 2012 to open with more than $100 million in its opening weekend and the second animated film since Family Guy: The Movie to mark that same mark.