Sonic the Hedgehog is finally getting a movie -- in the form of a live-action/CG-animated hybrid.

Screenshot from the Sonic anime

Upright Citizens Brigade alumni Evan Susser and Van Robichaux are writing the screenplay for the Sonic film, which will be produced by Neal Moritz (the Fast & Furious franchise, 21 Jump Street). Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet are teaming up to deliver the feature, based on the video game franchise that started on the SEGA Genesis back in 1991.The screenwriters are currently writing the CBS series How to Grow Up, along with a feature film called Fist Fight, starring New Girl's Max Greenfield, and a live-action treatment of The Jetsons.The film will reportedly capture, according to an official press release, "Sonic's irreverent tone and spirit, reuniting him with some of the most revered and infamous characters of the franchise, including the evil Dr. Eggman."The chili-dog-lovin' Hedgehog has starred in a 1990s OVA, but never made the jump to North American theatres before. The character's been no stranger to the small-screen however, starring in several animated series (the most recent being Sonic X, and the next entry -- Sonic Boom -- set to air on Cartoon Network this fall)."Sony Pictures has had great success with hybrid animated and live-action features," says Marza Animation Planet CEO Masanao Maeda, "and we're confident that this collaboration will bring a fresh take to Sonic, while still capturing everything that the fans love about him.""Sonic has also been host to multiple ongoing comic book series at Archie Comics -- with a flagship series that has maintained its original numbering throughout its 20-plus-year run. In that series, the Sonic mythology is surprisingly extensive and incorporates sci-fi themes, notably being set on "Moebius," a fictional dystopian future of our own Earth!Sony's Sonic the Hedgehog film doesn't yet have a release date.

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