Keanu Reeves will be the voice of Shadow in the new installment of Sonic movie

The Matrix actor Keanu Reeves will lend his voice to the antagonist Shadow, well known to fans of Japanese origin video games.

In the third installment of "Sonic," expected in theaters on December 25, Dr. Robotnik, the antagonist played by Jim Carrey in the second installment, creates Shadow the hedgehog in order to go after Sonic.

It's the famous actor Keanu Reeves who will step into the role of a hedgehog. Indeed, it is the Matrix actor who has joined the cast of the third installment of the Sonic saga to lend his voice to the hedgehog Shadow, the archenemy of the ultrarapid hero born in the Sega video games of the same name.

A famous character from video games, born in Japan in 1991, Sonic became a movie hero in 2020 with "Sonic, The Movie," a mix of animation and live-action. With $315 million in worldwide box office revenue, this film got a sequel unveiled two years later, a sequel that was very successful too. This is why there will be a third installment, who, like its predecessors, will be directed by Jeff Fowler.

Let's add that at 59, Keanu Reeves, who, by the way, was born in Beirut, and who is an actor, singer, musician, director, film producer, and writer is busier than ever. Indeed, the fifth installment of the action saga John Wick, in which he plays the title role, is currently in development. In addition, after a fourth Matrix film unveiled in 2021, a fifth film was announced earlier this month. And that's not all! The actor must also reprise another of his former roles, that of the paranormal investigator Constantine, from the Hellblazer comic series by Jamie Delano and Garth Ennis, for a sequel expected in 2025.