“Every hero has a genesis,” reads the tagline for this hybrid of live action and animation built around the speedy blue creature from the Sega Genesis game. “Parks and Recreation” veteran Ben Schwartz gives voice to Sonic, and Jim Carrey gets back to his cartoonish roots as the mustachioed supervillain Dr. Robotnik. No stranger to robots from his gig on HBO’s “Westworld,” James Marsden co-stars as Sonic’s straight-man BFF, and the fact that he delivers the trailer’s funniest line isn’t necessarily a positive sign. Even worse, when the internet got a look at the trailer, it gave a big thumbs down to the human aspects of the hedgehog’s design, prompting the director, Jeff Fowler, to promise a revamped look before the movie is released in the fall. ‘Crawl’ (July 12)

Source: New York Times May 03, 2019 15:22 UTC