Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a little over a month away. The third live-action movie starring the blue blur will premiere on December 20, and will include the proper debut of Keanu Reeves’ Shadow. But Paramount is apparently thinking ahead,

Just as Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 before it, the upcoming threequel will introduce another franchise character to tease the film series' future. Director Jeff Fowler revealed as much in a wide-ranging Entertainment Weekly interview that published on Wednesday,

Now, according to Sonic 3 director Jeff Fowler, the third film will tease yet another character reveal when it arrives in cinemas on December 20. Entertainment Weekly wrote in a new interview feature that Sonic 3 will “set the stage for a potential fourth movie to introduce another video game character after Tails and now Shadow.”