Keanu Reeves to Voice Shadow in ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

The Rolling Stones have announced the support acts for their 2024 ‘Hackney Diamonds‘ US tour.The legendary band are set to embark on a massive US tour next week (April 28). The tour will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood perform in 16 cities across North America and Canada.To kick off the first night of the tour, Gary Clark Jr.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024.According to Eurovision World, the favourites to win the competition have been revealed. Coming in first place is Switzerland’s NEMO, who currently has a 25 per cent chance at snagging the crown this year with their song ‘The Code’.Behind Switzerland in second place is Croatia, whose entry Baby Lasagna is predicted to have a 17 per cent chance of winning with his song ‘Rim Tim Tagi Dim’.

Idris Elba is reacting to news that Keanu Reeves is joining the Sonic the Hedgehog universe as the voice of Shadow for the third installment of the film saga.

What’s Keanu Reeves up to in his post-“John Wick” period?  Well, he’s not quite done with the character yet; he’ll reprise it briefly in the upcoming spin-off “Ballerina,” in theaters next summer.  But Variety reports the actor is in talks to star in a project that’s sure to be an eyebrow-raiser: Ruben Östlund‘s follow-up to his second Palme d’Or winner “Triangle Of Sadness.” READ MORE: ‘Barbie’: Ruben Östlund Says “Mattel Bought Off An American Auteur” & Updates Next ‘Entertainment Down’ Satire Östlund has been teasing “The Entertainment System Is Down” for a while now, but it sounds like he’s finally gearing up to film it. It’s another social satire for the Swedish auteur, about a long-haul flight where the entertainment system stops working, leading passengers to fly into rages.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Keanu Reeves is in talks to star in two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund’s highly anticipated next feature “The Entertainment System Is Down,” Variety has learned. While the exact plot of the movie remains under wraps, Östlund has teased it several times as a social satire set on a long-haul flight on which the entertainment system isn’t working, sparking chaos and rages among passengers.

Keanu Reeves is reportedly eying a role in director Ruben Ostlund‘s new movie The Entertainment System is Down.

Keanu Reeves is set to voice the character of Shadow in the upcoming movie Sonic The Hedgehog 3.As reported by Variety, the John Wick star will voice the character in the next instalment of the film series, adapted from the popular video game.In the game series, Shadow is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with black fur, and is somewhat of an antagonist.Reeves will be joining a star-studded cast, with the previous films featuring Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Jim Carrey, James Marsden and Idris Elba among others.The upcoming film, scheduled for a US release on December 20, 2024 will see many of the cast reprising their roles from the previous films. The sequel will draw inspiration from the early ’00s video games, Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow The Hedgehog.The franchise was commercially successful, with the combined global box office for the first two films being $725.2million.The first film, which had its theatrical release in February 2020, became the sixth highest-grossing film of 2020, and the highest-grossing video game film adaptation in North America until 2022, when it was surpassed by its sequel.In a three-star review of the second movie, NME wrote: “Schwartz was born to voice Sonic.

Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant are enjoying a rare night out!

Keanu Reeves is joining Sonic the Hedgehog 3!

Given its wobbly beginnings, it’s wild to see how far Paramount’s “Sonic The Hedgehog” franchise has come. Based on the popular SEGA video game from the ’90s, the series seemed dead on arrival— or even before arrival.

Aziz Ansari revealed that his “Good Fortune” co-star Keanu Reeves was hobbling on crutches in January because he tripped on a rug in his trailer.Ansari, 41, elaborated on Reeves’ fractured kneecap injury at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas on Wednesday.“About, I don’t know, 15 days into shooting with me, I was like, ‘Hey, just go chill in your dressing room for 15 minutes.’ And he tripped on a rug,” said Ansari, who co-wrote and co-directed the movie with Reeves.“He’s like, ‘Aah, my knee.”Ansari said that Reeves, 59, didn’t let his injury get in the way of filming, however.“He still filmed everything except some scenes where we needed him to do salsa dancing, which we need to pick up.“He was like, ‘I’ll do it!’ We’re like, ‘Keanu, calm down. We’ll do the salsa dancing once your knee’s healed.'”Ansari said that Reeves did not “go to the hospital or anything” after injuring his kneecap.“He’s done those ‘Wick’ movies, all the ‘Matrix ‘ stuff.

At their CinemaCon presentation this AM, Paramount Pictures today announced a three-year extension of its first-look deal with producer Neal H. Moritz and his Original Film banner.

Carolyn Giardina Three-time Oscar-nominated director Chris Sandlers and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o previewed unfinished footage of DreamWorks Animation‘s “The Wild Robot” at CinemaCon — what Sandlers says took inspiration from Disney classics and Hayao Miyazaki’s work, resulting in an original virtual style that he described as “a Monet painting in a Miyazaki forest.” Based on Peter Brown’s book, the story follows Roz, a robot voiced by Nyong’o, who is accidentally marooned on an uninhabited island. There, the city robot meets and learns from the animals in her new environment. In this rich world, a fox meets and advises Roz.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Ana de Armas is out for blood in “Ballerina,” the upcoming spinoff to Lionsgate’s successful “John Wick” franchise. And she’s got a question for Keanu Reeves. “How do I start doing what you do?” de Armas asks the legendary hit man.

co-DC Chief Peter Safran just told Cinemacon attendees that the Warner Bros Sundance acquisition, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is getting a September theatrical release.

Adam and Ryan Thomas are being lined up as presenters of a new weekend gameshow on ITV. The pair are already popular with viewers from appearances in Emmerdale and Coronation Street, plus reality shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing on Ice.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Germany’s Beta Film is bringing the love story between a Dutch prince and a beautiful Argentinian financier to the Croisette. The world premiere of “Máxima” screens out-of-competition at Canneseries on April 9 after being teased at the London TV Screenings in late February.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Talpa Studios, the company founded by “The Voice” and “Big Brother” creator John de Mol, has closed further territory sales for quiz-show format “The Floor.” Variety can also reveal that the show has been named by research organization K7 Media as the “Format to Watch” in its “Tracking the Giants” format sales report, which was released Saturday at MipFormats. The recognition is based on the show’s territory sales. K7 said: “’The Floor’ is the best-selling format in 2023 and early 2024 among all the unscripted formats that were newly created in 2023.

Shakira is opening up about her career while eating spicy wings!

The Matrix is in development, with The Martian‘s Drew Goddard set to direct.The upcoming sequel will be the first film in the series not to be directed by Lana or Lily Wachowski, although the former is attached as an executive producer.Plot details have not yet been revealed, but Warner Bros. Motion Pictures president of production Jesse Ehrman has teased that the story will build on the fantasy world without straying too far from what made the series a success.“Drew came to Warner Bros.