Knuckles

Knuckles TV Series Details:

Knuckles TV Series Cast & Character:

• Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna, a hot-headed and serious anthropomorphic red echidna with super strength.
• Adam Pally as Wade Whipple, a dim-witted deputy sheriff of Green Hills whom Knuckles trains in the ways of an echidna warrior.
• Kit Rakusen portrays a young version of Wade, while Michael Bolton provides Wade’s singing voice.
• Julian Barratt as Jack Sinclair, a bounty hunter and the captain of Wade’s former bowling team.
• Christopher Lloyd as Pachacamac, the deceased elder of Knuckles’ tribe who returns as a ghost.
• Rory McCann as “The Buyer”, a former lackey of Doctor Robotnik who seeks to obtain Knuckles’ power.
• Scott Mescudi as Mason, a corrupt G.U.N. agent working for the Buyer.
• Ellie Taylor as Willoughby, a corrupt G.U.N. agent working for the Buyer.
• Alice Tregonning as Susie Barnes, an eight-year-old girl who is Wade’s bowling rival.
• Stockard Channing as Wendy Whipple, Wade’s mother.
• Edi Patterson as Wanda Whipple, Wade’s sister and an FBI agent.
• Darcy Castle portrays a young version of Wanda.
• Cary Elwes as “Pistol” Pete Whipple, an eccentric 27-time championship bowler and Wade’s estranged father.
• Rob Huebel as Dylan Beagleton, a bowling commentator for ESPN8 The Ocho.
• Paul Scheer as Gary N. Sinclair III Esq., a bowling commentator for ESPN8 The Ocho.

Storyline:

The new live-action series will follow Knuckles (Idris Elba) on a hilarious and action-packed journey of self-discovery as he agrees to train Wade (Adam Pally) as his protégé and teach him the ways of the Echidna warrior.

About Knuckles TV Series:

Knuckles is an American comedy action-adventure television miniseries, based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series published by Sega. It is a spin-off of the Sonic the Hedgehog film series and is the first live-action television series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The series takes place between the events of the films Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024).

John Whittington and Toby Ascher created it for the streaming service Paramount+. The series stars the voices of Idris Elba, Adam Pally, Julian Barratt, Christopher Lloyd, Rory McCann, Scott Mescudi, and Ellie Taylor.

Knuckles was announced in February 2022 during a ViacomCBS investor event, with Elba on board with the project. Production began in London, England, in April 2023, with Sonic film director Jeff Fowler directing the pilot and further casting announced.

Knuckles premiered on Paramount+ on April 26, 2024, with all six episodes. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise directed towards the action sequences and Elba and Pally’s performances, although the writing received some criticism.

This is the first Sonic series to be rated TV-PG instead of TV-Y7 or TV-Y7-FV. This is also the first Sonic the Hedgehog media ever to receive a 12 rating in the UK – much higher than the last ones being U and PG.

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