Sonic The Hedgehog heading for the big screen?

Is Sonic The Hedgehog about to make a blurry leap from the console to the big screen?

It would certainly appear so, as Sony Pictures has registered a series of internet domain names for linking the iconic game.

Among them are sonicthehedgehog-movie.com, sonicthehedgehog-movie.net and sonicthehedgehogmovie.net.

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Sounds pretty conclusive from here.

Sony, the animation arm of which has made recent films like 'The Smurfs' and 'Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2', has not yet confirmed that a movie version of the game is in the works, or any plans to acquire the rights from Sega.

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Sonic has made it to the small screen before, in 'Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog', and the Japanese anime series 'Sonic X'.

He also makes a brief appearance in 'Wreck-It Ralph', voiced by Roger Craig Smith, but this would be his first solo appearance at the cinema.