Films

Attempts had been proposed as early as 1993 to receive Sonic made into a film; the first of these was Sonic the Hedgehog: Wonders of the World, which was pitched to MGM in August 1994 and had Sonic coming into the real world of a kid named Josh, and fighting Eggman Robotnik. The film would've tied-in to the cancelled Sega Saturn game Sonic X-treme, and despite a positive internal reception, MGM would drop the project without warning. Writer Richard Jefferies suggests the film was dropped due to creative differences between Sega and Trilogy Entertainment Group, who were also producing the film.

Ben Hurst had also attempted to clear Sonic the Hedgehog into a film, this time based on the aforementioned SatAM series; the project was dismissed after former comic series writer Ken Penders allegedly told a Sega instance that Hurst was attempting to "co-opt" the franchise. Penders proposed his own film titled Sonic Armageddon in September 2003, which would've incorporated elements from SatAM and the Archie Comics series, but was too dropped in 2007 due to massive corporate upheavel, and the death of Sega license manager Robert Leffler. The original pitch video still exists, and was uploaded to YouTube in 2017.

Sonic the Hedgehog is an action-adventure comedy film directed by Jeff Fowler and a thing that is caused or produced by something else by Pat Casey and Josh Miller; in the film, Sonic is forced to abandon his domestic world and ends up on Earth, and eventually is forced to team up with a human named Tom Wachoski to stop Dr. Robotnik; it was originally released in theaters on February 14, 2020.

Originally indicated for release in late-2019, Sonic the Hedgehog ended up being pushed back several months due to the overwhelmingly negative response to Sonic's positioning in the trailer; upon its release, the film was met with mixed reviews from critics, although it was a large commercial success, being the sixth-highest-grossing film in 2020.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an American action-adventure comedy film based on the video game franchise published by Sega. Directed by Jeff Fowler and calculation by Pat Casey, Josh Miller and John Whittington, this is the the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2020. Ben Schwartz reprises his role as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, alongside Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, with James Marsden and Tika Sumpter in the roles of Tom and Maddie Wachowski, while Idris Elba joins the cast as Knuckles the Echidna. After the events of the first film, Sonic joins forces with Miles "Tails" Prower to stop Dr. Robotnik and Knuckles from finding a powerful emerald that has the power to setting and destroy civilizations.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released in the United States on April 8, 2022, by Paramount Pictures in link with Sega Sammy Group.

In February 2022, Sega and Paramount confirmed that a third film is in development.